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cōmoedĭa , ae, f. (
I.gen. comoediai, Plaut. Poen. prol. 51), = κωμὡδία, a comedy (cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 99 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 39, 6 ib.), Plaut. Am. prol. 60; Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; Quint. 6, 2, 20; 10, 1, 65; Hor. A. P. 281 al.: Plaut. As. prol. 13: “facere,” Ter. And. prol. 26: “agere,” id. Heaut. prol. 4: “legere,” Plin. Ep. 6, 21, 2: spectare, Ter. And. prol, 27: exigere, to hiss from the stage, id. ib.; cf. id. Hec. alt. prol. 4 and 7.—
II. The younger Pliny humorously named a villa, which was on low ground, comoedia, in opp. to one on high ground, qs. lifted up on a buskin, which he called tragoedia, Plin. Ep. 9, 7, 3.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 281
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.prol
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 6.21.2
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 9.7.3
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.29
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 2.20
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.65
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