κωμῳδός

κωμῳδός, ὁ, late Boeot. κωμαϝυδός (i.e. κωμαοιδός) IG 7.3195.23 (Orchom.):—prop.

• singer in the κῶμος or comic chorus, χορὸς κωμῳδῶν Arist. Po. 1449b1; κωμῳδοῖς χορηγεῖν Lys. 21.4, Arist. EN 1123a23: hence, in pl., in the sense performance of comedy, κωμῳδῶν ὄντων ἐν Κολυττῷ Aeschin. 1.157; ἀνειπεῖν Διονυσίων τοῖς κ. at the performance, IG 2(2).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, IG 42(1).99.25 (Epid., i/ii A.D.): generally, actor, M.Ant. 12.36, Ath. 14.620d.
    • • b perh. singer of comic lyrics, SIG 424.57 (Delph., iii B.C.); χορευταὶ κωμῳδοῦ ib. 690.18 (ibid., ii B.C.).
    • 3 later still, comic poet, ὁ κ., of Aristophanes, Phryn. PS p.79 B., cf. Sch. D.T. p.19 H.: this sense is doubtful in Pl. Lg. l.c.

κωμῳδός, ὁ (vgl. über die Ableitung κωμῳδία), der Freudenlieder singt, bes. an den Festen des Dionysus komische Lieder vorträgt, was anfänglich der Dichter selbst tat ; daher = der Komödiendichter, Plat. Rep. III.395a, Legg. XI.935a ; bes. Aristophanes, Phryn. in B.A. 45.32 ; also = κωμῳδοδιδάσκαλος u. κωμῳδοποιός ; – gew. der Schauspieler der Komödie, vgl. Ammon.; Aesch. 1.157 ; κωμῳδοῖς χορηγῶν Arist. eth. 4.2 ; Sp.

κωμῳδός κωμ-ῳδός, οῦ, ὁ, v. κωμῳδία

• a comedian, i. e.,
• • • 1a comic actor, Xen., Aeschin.
    • 2a comic poet, Plat.