tragicomoedia

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek τραγικοκωμῳδία (tragikokōmōidía), with haplology. By surface analysis, tragicus (tragic) +‎ cōmoedia (comedy).

Noun

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tragicōmoedia f (genitive tragicōmoediae); first declension

  1. tragicomedy
    • c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon 20.59:
      faciam ut commixta sit: sit tragicomoedia; / nam me perpetuo facere ut sit comoedia, / reges quo veniant et di, non par arbitror.
      I'll make it a mix: a tragicomedy; for I do not find it right for me to make it a comedy through and through, where kings and gods appear.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tragicōmoedia tragicōmoediae
Genitive tragicōmoediae tragicōmoediārum
Dative tragicōmoediae tragicōmoediīs
Accusative tragicōmoediam tragicōmoediās
Ablative tragicōmoediā tragicōmoediīs
Vocative tragicōmoedia tragicōmoediae

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