tragoedus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τραγῳδός (tragōidós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /traˈɡoe̯.dus/, [t̪räˈɡoe̯d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /traˈd͡ʒe.dus/, [t̪räˈd͡ʒɛːd̪us]

Noun

tragoedus m (genitive tragoedī); second declension

1. (theater) A tragic actor.
2. An epithet of Jupiter

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tragoedus	tragoedī
Genitive	tragoedī	tragoedōrum
Dative	tragoedō	tragoedīs
Accusative	tragoedum	tragoedōs
Ablative	tragoedō	tragoedīs
Vocative	tragoede	tragoedī

Related terms

• tragoedia

Descendants

• Italian: tragedo

References

• “tragoedus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tragoedus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.