tragicus

English

Noun

tragicus

1. (anatomy) An intrinsic muscle of the outer ear; a short, flattened vertical band on the lateral surface of the tragus.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, “of or relating to tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ɡi.kus/, [ˈt̪räɡɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.d͡ʒi.kus/, [ˈt̪räːd͡ʒikus]

Adjective

tragicus (feminine tragica, neuter tragicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. tragic
2. Relating to tragedy or to a tragic drama

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tragicus	tragica	tragicum		tragicī	tragicae	tragica
genitive	tragicī	tragicae	tragicī		tragicōrum	tragicārum	tragicōrum
dative	tragicō		tragicō		tragicīs
accusative	tragicum	tragicam	tragicum		tragicōs	tragicās	tragica
ablative	tragicō	tragicā	tragicō		tragicīs
vocative	tragice	tragica	tragicum		tragicī	tragicae	tragica

Related terms

• tragicē
• tragicōmoedia

Descendants

• French: tragique
• Italian: tragico
• Portuguese: trágico
• Romanian: tragic
• Spanish: trágico
• →⇒ Dutch: tragisch
• → English: tragic
• →⇒ Finnish: traagikko, traaginen
• →⇒ German: tragisch
  • → Danish: tragisk
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: tragisk
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: tragisk
• → Hungarian: tragikus

Noun

tragicus m (genitive tragicī); second declension

1. A tragic poet
2. A tragic actor

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tragicus	tragicī
genitive	tragicī	tragicōrum
dative	tragicō	tragicīs
accusative	tragicum	tragicōs
ablative	tragicō	tragicīs
vocative	tragice	tragicī