κωμῳδιογράφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κωμῳδῐ́α (kōmōidĭ́a, “comedy”) +‎ -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos, “drawer, painter, writer”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɔː.mɔːi̯.di.o.ɡrá.pʰos/ → /ko.mo.ði.oˈɣra.ɸos/ → /ko.mo.ði.oˈɣra.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɔː.mɔːi̯.di.o.ɡrá.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.mo.di.oˈɡra.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.mo.ði.oˈɣra.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.mo.ði.oˈɣra.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.mo.ði.oˈɣra.fos/

Noun

κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φος • (kōmōidĭogrắphos) m (genitive κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φου); second declension

1. comic writer

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φος; τοῦ κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φος ho kōmōidĭogrắphos	τὼ κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φω tṑ kōmōidĭogrắphō	οἱ κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φοι hoi kōmōidĭogrắphoi
Genitive	τοῦ κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φου toû kōmōidĭogrắphou	τοῖν κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φοιν toîn kōmōidĭogrắphoin	τῶν κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φων tôn kōmōidĭogrắphōn
Dative	τῷ κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φῳ tôi kōmōidĭogrắphōi	τοῖν κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φοιν toîn kōmōidĭogrắphoin	τοῖς κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φοις toîs kōmōidĭogrắphois
Accusative	τὸν κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φον tòn kōmōidĭogrắphon	τὼ κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φω tṑ kōmōidĭogrắphō	τοὺς κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φους toùs kōmōidĭogrắphous
Vocative	κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φε kōmōidĭogrắphe	κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φω kōmōidĭogrắphō	κωμῳδῐογρᾰ́φοι kōmōidĭogrắphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: comoediographus
  • Italian: commediografo
  • Sicilian: cummidiùgrafu

References

• “κωμῳδιογράφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κωμῳδιογράφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette