τραγῳδέω

A. act a tragedy, Ar. Nu. 1091.

2. c. acc. objecti, represent or exhibit in tragedy, τινας Id. Th. 85; τ. τὴν Ἀνδρομέδαν Luc. Hist.Conscr. 1; τὰ παιδία . . τ. ὅτι ἂν ἴδῃ καὶ θαυμάσῃ Arr. Epict. 3.15.5:—Pass., to be made the subject of a tragedy, Isoc. 9.6, 15.136, Str. 9.5.22, etc.; ὁ τραγῳδούμενος στέφανος famous in tragedy, Plu. Alex. 35; τὰ τραγῳδούμενα subjects of tragedy, Id. 2.837c.

3. metaph., make famous or well known, τὸ τάχιστον τετραγῳδημένον ἐν τῷ διώκειν, of Achilles, Arist. Ph. 239b25; ὅσα περὶ τὸ πρόσωπον φαίνεται τετραγῳδημένα κατὰ τὸ προγνωστικὸν ὑφ’ Ἱπποκράτους Steph. in Gal. 1.246D.

II. metaph., tell in tragic style, declaim, ἡλίκα νῦν ἐτραγῴδει D. 18.13, cf. 19.189; ὀνόματα τ. dress up words, Pl. Cra. 414c:—Pass., ib.418d, Phld. Oec. p.24J.; also, exaggerate, τραγῳδεῖν ἂν δόξειε μᾶλλον ἢ ἀληθεύειν would seem to be romancing, Gal. UP 16.4; μὴ τ. τὸ πρᾶγμα (sc. τὸ ἀποθανεῖν), ἀλλ’ εἰπὲ ὡς ἔχει Arr. Epict. 4.7.15; στολαὶ τετραγῳδημέναι exlravagant, flaunting robes, Antiph. 36; τετραγῳδημένοι pompous, braggart, D.S. 5.31.