adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
tragicus1
tragicus (feminine tragica, neuter tragicum)
Classical[ˈtra.ɡɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtraː.d͡ʒi.kus]
Meaning
- adjectivetragic
- adjectiveRelating to tragedy or to a tragic drama
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tragicus | tragica | tragicum |
| genitive | tragicī | tragicae | tragicī |
| dative | tragicō | tragicae | tragicō |
| accusative | tragicum | tragicam | tragicum |
| ablative | tragicō | tragicā | tragicō |
| vocative | tragice | tragica | tragicum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tragicī | tragicae | tragica |
| genitive | tragicōrum | tragicārum | tragicōrum |
| dative | tragicīs | tragicīs | tragicīs |
| accusative | tragicōs | tragicās | tragica |
| ablative | tragicīs | tragicīs | tragicīs |
| vocative | tragicī | tragicae | tragica |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- rhetorice, tragice ornare aliquid (Brut. 11. 43)
- to add rhetorical, dramatic embellishments to a subject.
- scriptor tragoediarum, comoediarum, also (poeta) tragicus, comicus
- a writer of tragedy, comedy.
trăgĭcus, a, um, adj., = τραγικός,
I. of or belonging to tragedy, tragic.
I. Lit.
A. Adj.:
carmen, i. e. tragedy, Hor. A. P. 220: Camena, id. ib. 275: cothurni, id. S. 1, 5, 64: versus, id. A. P. 89: ars, id. Ep. 1, 3, 14: genus scaenarum, Vitr. 5, 8: actor, a tragic actor, tragedian, Liv. 24, 24, 2: Orestes aut Athamas, represented in tragedy, Cic. Pis. 20, 47; cf. cerva, i. e. in the tragedy of Iphigenia, Juv. 12, 120: tragicum illud subinde jactabat: oderint dum metuant, Suet. Calig. 30.—B. Subst.: trăgĭcus, i, m., a tragic poet, writer of tragedy, Cic. Opt. Gen. 1, 2; Quint. 8, 6, 26; 9, 3, 14; Petr. 132 med.—
2. A tragedian, tragic actor; plur., Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 4.—
II. Transf.
A. In the tragic style, tragic, lofty, grand, sublime:
fuit Sulpicius vel maxime omnium grandis et, ut ita dicam, tragicus orator, Cic. Brut. 55, 203: sed haec tragica atque divina, id. de Or. 2, 56, 227: color, Hor. A. P. 236: tumor, Gell. 2, 23, 21: ore, Mart. 8, 18, 8: nam spirat tragicum satis, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166.— B. Of a tragic nature, tragic, horrible, fearful, terrible:
res tragicas paene comice, tristes remisse tractavit, Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 30: tulit et Romana regia sceleris tragici exemplum, Liv. 1, 46, 3: concubitus, Juv. 2, 29: ignes (i. e. amores), Ov. Tr. 2, 407: Erinnyes, Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 29: asperitas, Val. Max. 5, 8, 1.—Adv.: trăgĭcē, in a tragic manner, tragically: mortem rhetorice et tragice ornare, Cic. Brut. 11, 43; Sen. Ep. 100, 10.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tragicus adj.
, τραγικός, of tragedy, tragic: Carmen, i. e. tragedy, H.: Versūs, H.: actor, a tragedian, L.: Orestes aut Athamas, represented in tragedy: cerva, i. e. in the tragedy of Iphigenia, Iu.— As subst m., a tragic poet, writer of tragedy.—In the tragic style, tragic, lofty, grand, sublime: haec tragica atque divina: Nam spirat tragicum satis, H.—Of a tragic nature, tragic, horrible, moving, terrible: res tragicas comice tractavit: sceleris tragici exemplum, L.: ignes (i. e. amores), O.
Origins
From Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, “of or relating to tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.
Descendants
- Frenchtragique
- Italiantragico
- Portuguesetrágico
- Romaniantragic
- Spanishtrágico
- Englishtragic
- Germantragisch
- Dutchtragisch
- Finnishtraagikko
- Finnishtraaginen