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cōmĭcē, adv., v. comicus fin.

† cōmĭcus, a, um, adj., = κωμικός,

  1. I. of or pertaining to comedy, comic: poëta, Cic. Or. 20, 67: artificium, id. Rosc. Com. 10, 18: levitates, id. N. D. 3, 29, 72: res, the material of comedy, Hor. A. P. 89: scaenae, Vitr. 5, 8: gestus, Quint. 11, 3, 125: senarius, id. 9, 4, 140: ad morem, id. 1, 8, 3: virtus (Terentii), C. Caes. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. 5: persona, Quint. 11, 3, 79; Plin. 25, 11, 88, § 137: auctores, Quint. 2, 10, 13.
    1. B. Esp., represented in comedy: ut comici servi solent, Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 11: stulti senes, Caecil. ap. Cic. Sen. 11, 36, and Lael. 26, 99; so, adulescens, Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 47: Davus, Hor. S. 2, 5, 91: moecha Thais, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 44: aurum = lupinum, lupines, used by comic actors instead of money, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 20.
  2. II. Subst.: cōmĭcus, i, m.
    1. A. An actor of comedy, a comedian, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 4; id. Pers. 4, 2, 4; Inscr. Grut. 1089, 6.
      More freq.,
    2. B. A comic poet, writer of comedy, Cic. Or. 55, 184; Quint. 1, 7, 22; 2, 16, 3; 9, 3, 14; 10, 1, 72; 11, 1, 38; 12, 2, 22.
      Adv.: cōmĭcē, in the manner of comedy: res tragicas tractare, Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 30; cf. Sen. Ep. 100, 10.