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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- trăgoedĭa, ae, f., = tragw|di/a, 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.
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