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|Transliteration B=tragōdeō

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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">act a tragedy</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1091</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. objecti, <b class="b2">represent</b> or <b class="b2">exhibit in tragedy</b>, τινας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>85</span>; τ. τὴν Ἀνδρομέδαν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span>1</span>; τὰ παιδία . . τ. ὅτι ἂν ἴδῃ καὶ θαυμάσῃ <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>3.15.5</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be made the subject of a tragedy</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc. 9.6</span>, <span class="bibl">15.136</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.9.5.22</span>, etc.; ὁ τραγῳδούμενος στέφανος <b class="b2">famous in tragedy</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>35</span>; τὰ τραγῳδούμενα <b class="b2">subjects of tragedy</b>, Id.2.837c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., <b class="b2">make famous</b> or <b class="b2">well known</b>, <b class="b3">τὸ τάχιστον τετραγῳδημένον ἐν τῷ διώκειν</b>, of Achilles, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>239b25</span>; ὅσα περὶ τὸ πρόσωπον φαίνεται τετραγῳδημένα κατὰ τὸ προγνωστικὸν ὑφ' Ἱπποκράτους <span class="bibl">Steph. <span class="title">in Gal.</span>1.246D.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b2">tell in tragic style, declaim</b>, ἡλίκα νῦν ἐτραγῴδει <span class="bibl">D.18.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">19.189</span>; <b class="b3">ὀνόματα τ</b>. <b class="b2">dress up</b> words, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>414c</span>:—Pass., ib.<span class="bibl">418d</span>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Oec.</span>p.24J.</span>; also, <b class="b2">exaggerate</b>, <b class="b3">τραγῳδεῖν ἂν δόξειε μᾶλλον ἢ ἀληθεύειν</b> would seem <b class="b2">to be romancing</b>, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span> 16.4</span>; <b class="b3">μὴ τ. τὸ πρᾶγμα</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὸ ἀποθανεῖν</b>), ἀλλ' εἰπὲ ὡς ἔχει <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>4.7.15</span>; <b class="b3">στολαὶ τετραγῳδημέναι</b> <b class="b2">exlravagant, flaunting</b> robes, <span class="bibl">Antiph.36</span>; τετραγῳδημένοι <b class="b2">pompous, braggart</b>, <span class="bibl">D.S.5.31</span>.</span>

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