- κωμῳδός
- κωμῳδός, ὁ, late [dialect] Boeot. [full] κωμαϝυδός (i.e. κωμαοιδός) IG7.3195.23 (Orchom.):—prop.A singer in the κῶμος or comic chorus,
χορὸς κωμῳδῶν Arist.Po.1449b1
;κωμῳδοῖς χορηγεῖν Lys.21.4
, Arist.EN1123a23: hence, in pl., in the sense performance of comedy,κωμῳδῶν ὄντων ἐν Κολυττῷ Aeschin.1.157
;ἀνειπεῖν Διονυσίων τοῖς κ.
at the performance,IG
22.1202.15;οὐδέ τοι ὑποκριταὶ κωμῳδοῖς τε καὶ τραγῳδοῖς οἱ αὐτοί Pl.R.395a
, cf. Phdr.236c, Lg.935d; καινῇ κωμῳδῶν, v. καινός.2 later, comic actor, Chares 4 J., PCair.Zen.417.11 (iii B.C.), Plu.Cic.5, IG42(1).99.25 (Epid., i/ii A.D.): generally, actor, M.Ant.12.36, Ath. 14.620d.b perh. singer of comic lyrics, SIG424.57 (Delph., iii B.C.); χορευταὶ κωμῳδοῦ ib.690.18 (ibid., ii B.C.).3 later still, comic poet, ὁ κ., of Aristophanes, Phryn.PSp.79 B., cf. Sch.D.T. p.19 H.: this sense is doubtful in Pl.Lg.l.c.
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