Ian Lancashire
University of Toronto
for the Shakespeare Association of America
San Francisco 1999
Tragicus, a wryter of tragedyes.
Tragicus, penult. corr. Adiectiuum. Tragicall: belongynge to
Tragedies. vt Tragicus actor. Liu. A player in tragedies.
Ars tragica. Horat. Cantus tragicus. Plin.
Cothurni tragici. Horat.
Grandis, &, vt ita dicam, tragicus orator. Cicer. A loftie, and
as I may say, a tragicall oratour.
Poeta tragicus. Cic. A tragedie maker.
Scelus tragicum. Liu. An outragious mischiefe.
Versus tragici. Horat.
Spirare tragicum. Horat. To make tragicall verses.
Trágicus, tragici, pen. corr. Substantiuum. Horat. A wryter of tragedies.
Tragicus, ci, m. g. Horat. A maker or writer of tragedies.
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