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trăgoedĭa (noun F) = τραγῳδία,:
* A tragedy.
* 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.
* Transf.
* 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.
* A lofty or elevated style: neque istis tragoediis tuis ... perturbor,Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 219; so id. ib. 2, 55, 225.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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