noun · femininefirst declension
tragicōmoedia
tragicōmoedia f (genitive tragicōmoediae)
Meaning
- tragicomedy
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.c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitruo 20.59
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tragicōmoedia | tragicōmoediae |
| genitive | tragicōmoediae | tragicōmoediārum |
| dative | tragicōmoediae | tragicōmoediīs |
| accusative | tragicōmoediam | tragicōmoediās |
| ablative | tragicōmoediā | tragicōmoediīs |
| vocative | tragicōmoedia | tragicōmoediae |
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τραγικοκωμῳδία (tragikokōmōidía), with haplology. By surface analysis, tragicus (“tragic”) + cōmoedia (“comedy”) with haplology.
Descendants
- Italiantragicommedia
- Frenchtragicomédiefrom Italian tragicommedia
- Englishtragicomedyfrom Italian tragicommedia
In English words that came into English from tragicōmoedia
- tragicomedytragicōmoedia