τραγῳδία
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Ancient Greek [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From τραγῳδός (tragōidos) from τράγος (tragos, “goat”) + ἀοιδός (aoidos, “singer”)
Pronunciation [edit]
- (5th BC Attic): IPA: /traɡɔ͜ɔ͜ɪdí.a͜a/
- (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /traɣoːdíaː/
- (4th AD Koine): IPA: /traɣoðía/
- (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /traɣoðía/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /tɾaɣoðía/
Noun [edit]
τραγῳδία (genitive τραγῳδίας) f, first declension; (tragōidiā)
- a tragedy or heroic play
- (generally) any grave, serious poetry
- 366-348 BC, Plato, Theaetetus, 152.E, (Compare The Republic, 605.C)
- an exaggerated speech, made by a prosecutor
- Hypereides, For Lycophron, 10
- tragic fictions and terrors
- Polybius, The Histories, 6.56,11
- Diodorus Siculus, 19.8
- Plutarch, Demetrius, 41
- Aratus, 15
- (generally) pomp, display
- Bentley, Phalaris, 353
- Lucian, The Dream or Lucian's Career, 24
- a melancholy event, a tragedy
- song
- Boissonade, Anecdota, 4.411,892
Inflection [edit]
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τραγῳδίᾱ | τραγῳδίᾱ | τραγῳδίαι |
| Genitive | τραγῳδίᾱς | τραγῳδίαιν | τραγῳδιῶν |
| Dative | τραγῳδίᾳ | τραγῳδίαιν | τραγῳδίαις |
| Accusative | τραγῳδίᾱν | τραγῳδίᾱ | τραγῳδίᾱς |
| Vocative | τραγῳδίᾱ | τραγῳδίᾱ | τραγῳδίαι |
Antonyms [edit]
- (serious poetry): κωμῳδία
Descendants [edit]
References [edit]
- LSJ 8th edition