noun · femininefirst declension
tragoedia
tragoedia f (genitive tragoediae)
Classical[traˈɡoe̯.di.a]Ecclesiastical[traˈd͡ʒɛː.di.a]
Meaning
- femininetragedy
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
fābula trīstistragoedia -ae (f) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 15
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tragoedia | tragoediae |
| genitive | tragoediae | tragoediārum |
| dative | tragoediae | tragoediīs |
| accusative | tragoediam | tragoediās |
| ablative | tragoediā | tragoediīs |
| vocative | tragoedia | tragoediae |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- tragoediae
- tragic pathos.
- tragoedia or fabula Antigona (not Antigona trag. or fab.)
- the Antigone.
- scriptor tragoediarum, comoediarum, also (poeta) tragicus, comicus
- a writer of tragedy, comedy.
trăgoedĭa, ae, f., = τραγῳδία,
I. a tragedy.
I. Lit., Plaut. Am. prol. 54; 93; id. Curc. 5, 1, 1; Cic. Sen. 7, 22; id. Phil. 11, 6, 13; Quint. 1, 5, 52; 1, 8, 6.—
II. Transf.
A. Tragedy, the art of tragedy:
paulum Musa Tragoediae Desit theatris, Hor. C. 2, 1, 9; Ov. Tr. 2, 381.—Personified: ingenti Tragoedia passu, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 11.— B. A lofty or elevated style:
neque istis tragoediis tuis ... perturbor, Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 219; so id. ib. 2, 55, 225.—C. A great commotion or disturbance; a spectacle:
ejus Appiae nomen quantas tragoedias excitat! Cic. Mil. 7, 18: si tragoedias agamus in nugis, id. de Or. 2, 51, 205: in parvis litibus tragoedias movere, Quint. 6, 1, 36.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tragoedia ae, f
, τραγῳδία, a tragedy: tragoedias fecit.—Tragedy, the art of tragedy: Paulum Musa Tragoediae Desit theatris, H.: Omne genus scripti gravitate tragoedia vincit, O.— Person.: ingenti Tragoedia passu, O.—A moving appeal, pathos: neque istis tragoediis tuis . . . perturbor.—A tragedy, commotion, disturbance, spectacle: Appiae nomen quantas tragoedias excitat!: tragoedias agere in nugis.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τραγῳδῐ́ᾱ (tragōidĭ́ā), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
Descendants
- Englishtragedy
- Frenchtragédie
- GermanTragödie
- Italiantragedia
- Portuguesetragédia
- Romaniantragedie
- Spanishtragedia
- Polishtragedia
- Russianтраге́дия
In English words that came into English from tragoedia
- tragedytragoedia