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κωμῳδέω

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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

Euripides, Suppliants, 968
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Transliteration A: kōmōidéō Transliteration B: kōmōdeō Transliteration C: komodeo Beta Code: kwmw|de/w

English (LSJ)

   A treat after the manner of κωμῳδοί: hence, satirize, lampoon, ridicule, κωμῳδεῖ τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν Ar.Ach.631, cf. Pl.R.395e, 452d, Ael.VH13.43, 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.; μὴ κωμῳδεῖσθαι ὀνομαστί τινα Sch.Ar.Av.1297; τὸ κοινὸν καὶ κεκωμῳδημένον, of the parasites, Alex. 116.2; κεκωμῳδημένα made matter for comedy, Pl.Lg.816d.    2 κωμῳδεῖν τὰ δίκαια, = κωμῳδοῦντα εἰπεῖν τὰ δ., Ar.Ach.655.    3 generally, make fun of, ridicule, Lys.24.18.    II 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.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1545] ein κωμῳδός sein, Comödiendichter oder komischer Schauspieler sein. – Gew. trans., τινά, Einen in der Comödie darstellen, von Etwas in der Comödie sprechen, τὰ δίκαια, Ar. Ach. 630. Dah. bes. verspotten, lächerlich machen, wie es die alte attische Comödie that, ὡς κωμῳδεῖ τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν καὶ τὸν δῆμον καθυβρίζει Ar. Ach. 606; Plut. 557 u. öfter; ἐξῆν τοῖς τότε ἀστείοις πάντα ταῦτα κωμῳδεῖν Plat. Rep. V, 452 d; κατηγοροῦντές τε καὶ κωμῳδοῦντες ἀλλήλους III, 395 e; Arist. poet. 22; Λάμπωνα ἐπὶ τοῖς ὁμοίοις κωμῳδοῦσι Ath. VIII, 344 e; Sp.; Luc. sagt auch κωμῳδοῦσιν ἀλλοκότους τινὰς περὶ αὐτοῦ κωμῳδίας, Pisc. 25. – Auch vom Lächerlichmachen durch Zerrbilder, Ael. V. H. 13, 43.