English → Latin
“comedian” in Latin
cōmicuscomic; (relational) comedyscēnicusOf or pertaining to the stage, theatrical, dramatic, scenic.; Fictitious, pretended; melodramatic.excalceōto remove the shoes from
The English word comedian itself goes back to Latin cōmoedia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
comedian
artifex scenicus (general term): ☞ comoedus, the singer of the canticum (recitativo, monologue) in comedy, opposed to tragoedus (in tragedy), actor comicus, or comicus only (κωμικός, κωμῳδός): ☞ They all designate the actor in general who appears in comedy, not the person who acts the low comic parts, who, after Petron. 80, 9, can only be called qui partes ridendas agit: all the actors in a comedy, excalceati (opposed to cothurnati, tragedians, Sen., Ep., 87) [Vid :, also, ACTOR].
Writer of comedy, *poeta scenicus (general term): poeta comicus, or comicus only, especially comici, plur.: like a comedian, *scenicorum more, comico more: scenicus (general term, e.g., complodere manus et pectus ferire scenicum est).
Comic actress, artifex scenica, or scenica only (in later times).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for comedian?
- The usual Latin words for “comedian” are cōmicus, scēnicus, excalceō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.