comic Copy link Outline I. Appertaining to comedyII. Ridiculous (q. v.) • comic, comical: I. Appertaining to comedy: cōmĭcus: a c. poet, poeta c., Hor.: a c. subject, res c., Hor.: a c. mask, c. persona, Quint. Adv. cōmĭcē, in a c. manner: Cic. A c. actor, cōmoedus: Cic. (or actor comicus, etc.: v. actor). II. Ridiculous (q. v.): rīdĭculus: Cic.: Hor. Phr.: a c. fellow, lepidus nugator, Pl.; lepidum caput, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9: v. merry; wag.
COMIC, COMICAL Copy link • COMIC, COMICAL(relating to comedy), [Vid: COMEDY]. Ridiculous, amusing, ridiculus: ridendus (relating to a joke, as Petronius, 80, 9): a comical circumstance, res comica (Hor., A.P., 89); res ridicula: a comical expression, ridiculum dictum, ridiculum. jocosus (full of jokes): jocularis: jocularius (calculated to divert others): ridendus (which excites laughter): A comical fellow, homo ridiculus (who excites laughter). ☞ Joculator in Cic. Att., 4, 16, 3, very unsafe text (Vid: Orelli on that passage), and so better avoided, lepidus (pleasant, from good humour). facetus (witty). a comical fellow, lepidum caput (comedy). a comical narrator, facetus narrator.