comoedus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κωμῳδός (kōmōidós, “chorus singer; comic poet”), from κωμῳδία (kōmōidía, “comedy, play”). More at citharoedus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koːˈmoe̯.dus/, [koːˈmoe̯d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈme.dus/, [koˈmɛːd̪us]

Adjective

cōmoedus (feminine cōmoeda, neuter cōmoedum); first/second-declension adjective

1. comic, of comedy
2. given to acting

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cōmoedus	cōmoeda	cōmoedum		cōmoedī	cōmoedae	cōmoeda
Genitive	cōmoedī	cōmoedae	cōmoedī		cōmoedōrum	cōmoedārum	cōmoedōrum
Dative	cōmoedō		cōmoedō		cōmoedīs
Accusative	cōmoedum	cōmoedam	cōmoedum		cōmoedōs	cōmoedās	cōmoeda
Ablative	cōmoedō	cōmoedā	cōmoedō		cōmoedīs
Vocative	cōmoede	cōmoeda	cōmoedum		cōmoedī	cōmoedae	cōmoeda

Related terms

• cōmoedia

Noun

cōmoedus m (genitive cōmoedī); second declension

1. comedian, comic actor

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōmoedus	cōmoedī
Genitive	cōmoedī	cōmoedōrum
Dative	cōmoedō	cōmoedīs
Accusative	cōmoedum	cōmoedōs
Ablative	cōmoedō	cōmoedīs
Vocative	cōmoede	cōmoedī

References

• “comoedus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “comoedus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• comoedus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.