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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Plautus|origins=grc τραγικοκωμῳδία}}
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''tragicōmoedia''' ''f'' (genitive tragicōmoediae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
+ The manuscripts have ''tragicocōmoedia''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[bor|grc|τραγικοκωμῳδία|tr=tragikokōmōidía]], with haplology; by surface analysis, [[tragicus]] “tragic” and [[cōmoedia]] “comedy”.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Plautus coins it in the prologue of the ''Amphitruo'' for that play.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a play combining elements of tragedy and comedy.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|tragicomedy]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[tragoedia]]
+ * [[cōmoedia]]
+ * [[en|tragicomedy]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}