τραγῳδία

See also: τραγωδία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τραγῳδός (tragōidós) from τράγος (trágos, “goat”) + ἀοιδός (aoidós, “singer”)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

τραγῳδίᾱ • (tragōidíā) f (genitive τραγῳδίᾱς); first declension

  1. a tragedy or heroic play
  2. (generally) any grave, serious poetry
    1. an exaggerated speech, made by a prosecutor
      • Hypereides, For Lycophron 10
    2. tragic fictions and terrors
    3. (generally) pomp, display
      • Bentley, Phalaris 353
      • Lucian, The Dream or Lucian's Career 24
    4. a melancholy event, a tragedy
    5. song
      • Boissonade, Anecdota 4.411.892

Inflection
First declension of ἡ τραγῳδίᾱ; τῆς τραγῳδίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ τραγῳδίᾱ
hē tragōidíā		 τὼ τραγῳδίᾱ
tṑ tragōidíā		 αἱ τραγῳδίαι
hai tragōidíai
Genitive τῆς τραγῳδίᾱς
tês tragōidíās		 τοῖν τραγῳδίαιν
toîn tragōidíain		 τῶν τραγῳδιῶν
tôn tragōidiôn
Dative τῇ τραγῳδίᾳ
têi tragōidíāi		 τοῖν τραγῳδίαιν
toîn tragōidíain		 ταῖς τραγῳδίαις
taîs tragōidíais
Accusative τὴν τραγῳδίᾱν
tḕn tragōidíān		 τὼ τραγῳδίᾱ
tṑ tragōidíā		 τᾱ̀ς τραγῳδίᾱς
tā̀s tragōidíās
Vocative τραγῳδίᾱ
tragōidíā		 τραγῳδίᾱ
tragōidíā		 τραγῳδίαι
tragōidíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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