προστραγῳδέω

A. exaggerate in tragic style, τούτοις, ὅτι . . Str. 17.1.43.
II. τὸ ἔξωθεν ‐τραγῳδούμενον external trappings, parade, Longin. 7.1.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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