κωμῳδέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[treat after the manner of]] [[κωμῳδοί]]: hence, [[satirize]], [[lampoon]], [[ridicule]], κωμῳδεῖ τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''631, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 395e, 452d, Ael.''VH''13.43, etc.; κ. τοὺς τραγῳδούς Arist.''Po.''1458b32; κ. τινὰ ἐπί τινι Ath.8.344e, cf. Sch.Ar.''V.''42: abs., Ar.''Pl.''557:—Pass., Id.''V.''1026, ''Ra.''368, Plu.2.712a, etc.; <b class="b3">μὴ κωμῳδεῖσθαι ὀνομαστί τινα</b> Sch.Ar.''Av.''1297; <b class="b3">τὸ κοινὸν καὶ κεκωμῳδημένον</b>, of the parasites, Alex. 116.2; [[κεκωμῳδημένα]] [[made matter for comedy]], Pl.''Lg.''816d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">κωμῳδεῖν τὰ δίκαια</b>, = [[κωμῳδοῦντα εἰπεῖν τὰ δ]]., [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''655.<br><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[make fun of]], [[ridicule]], Lys.24.18.<br><span class="bld">II</span> to be a κωμῳδός 3, [[write comedies]], c. acc. cogn., κ. κωμῳδίας Luc.''Pisc.''25; [[write in a comedy]] (introducing a quotation), Phld.''Vit.''p.38 J.