Κωμικός
comic writer, comedian
Translated by David Whitehead11 Oct 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κωμικός· ὁ ποιητής. καὶ Κωμικὸν δορυφόρημα.
Betacode
*kwmiko/s: o( poihth/s. kai\ *kwmiko\n dorufo/rhma.
Notes (2)
- 1Generically so, but also, on occasion, used of the
kwmiko/s par excellence, Aristophanes (alpha 3932): for this see e.g. alpha 4196 (= sigma 525), pi 463. ↩ - 2This phrase as a whole comes from Lucian, How to Write History 4. Note LSJ s.v.: 'used of mute characters on the stage'. Its noun,
dorufo/rhma , was applied several times by Plutarch (e.g. Alexander 77.7) to alpha 3874, Philip Arrhidaeus, the ineffectual elder son of Philip II of Macedon (and half-brother of Alexander the Great). ↩
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Revision history6 revisions · last 16 Mar 2013
- betacode typo, coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
- augmented n.2; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead