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LNS

tragoedia, tragoediae

tragoedia

τραγῳδία,

noun (f., 1^st declension)

a tragedy
Tragedy, the art of tragedy
A lofty or elevated style
A great commotion or disturbance
a spectacle

Abbreviations

tragoedia, ae, f., = τραγῳδία, a tragedy. 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.

— Transf. 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.

— A lofty or elevated style: neque istis tragoediis tuis ... perturbor, Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 219; so id. ib. 2, 55, 225.

— 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.