τρᾰγῳδ-έω (tragodeo)

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What it meant

τρᾰγῳδ-έω · tragōid-eō — LSJ

act a tragedy

act a tragedy, Ar. Nu. 1091.

2 represent, exhibit in tragedy, to be made the subject of a tragedy, famous in tragedy, subjects of tragedy

c. acc. objecti, represent or exhibit in tragedy, τινας Id. Th. 85; τ. τὴν Ἀνδρομέδαν Luc. Hist.Conscr. 1; τὰ παιδία . . τ. ὅτι ἂν ἴδῃ καὶ θαυμάσῃ Arr. Epict. 3.15.5:—Pass., to be made the subject of a tragedy, Isoc. 9.6, 15.136, Str. 9.5.22, etc.; ὁ τραγῳδούμενος στέφανος famous in tragedy, Plu. Alex. 35; τὰ τραγῳδούμενα subjects of tragedy, Id. VOrat. 2.837c.

3 make famous, well known

metaph., make famous or well known, τὸ τάχιστον τετραγῳδημένον ἐν τῷ διώκειν, of Achilles, Arist. Ph. 239b25; ὅσα περὶ τὸ πρόσωπον φαίνεται τετραγῳδημένα κατὰ τὸ προγνωστικὸν ὑφʼ Ἱπποκράτους Steph. in Gal. 1.246D.

II tell in tragic style, declaim, dress up, exaggerate, to be romancing, extravagant, flaunting, pompous, braggart

metaph., tell in tragic style, declaim, ἡλίκα νῦν ἐτραγῴδει D. 18.13, cf. 19.189; ὀνόματα τ. dress up words, Pl. Cra. 414c:—Pass., ib. 418d, Phld. Oec. p.24J.; also, exaggerate, τραγῳδεῖν ἂν δόξειε μᾶλλον ἢ ἀληθεύειν would seem to be romancing, Gal. UP 16.4; μὴ τ. τὸ πρᾶγμα (sc. τὸ ἀποθανεῖν), ἀλλʼ εἰπὲ ὡς ἔχει Arr. Epict. 4.7.15; στολαὶ τετραγῳδημέναι extravagant, flaunting robes, Antiph. 36; τετραγῳδημένοι pompous, braggart, D.S. 5.31.

In the wild

τραγῳδοῦςʼ · tragōidousʼ Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 850)
τραγῳδῶν · tragōidōn Demosthenes, Against Midias 59 (DIORISIS sentence 179)
ἐτραγῴδει · etragōidei Demosthenes, On the Crown 13 (DIORISIS sentence 28)
τραγῳδήσω · tragōidēsō Epictetus, Discourses 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 135)
τραγῴδει · tragōidei Epictetus, Discourses 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 136)
τραγῳδήσω · tragōidēsō Epictetus, Discourses 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 136)

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Where it came from

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