tragicus adj., tragiko/s, 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.