Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vis comica

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vis -com-i-ca
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Also Steiner tells of someone who claimed that the comic elements comes about when someone has the vis comica, or "power of being comical." Again - the dormitive principle at work."

Etymology

Originating from an inaccurate interpretation of verses attributed to Julius Caesar: “Lenibus atque utinam scriptis adiuncta foret vis, Comica ut aequato virtus polleret honore Cum Graecis …”. An erroneous interpunction lead to mistaking cōmica as tied to vīs rather than to virtūs.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does vis comica mean?: Comic force.
Where does vis comica come from?: Originating from an inaccurate interpretation of verses attributed to Julius Caesar: “Lenibus atque utinam scriptis adiuncta foret vis, Comica ut aequato virtus polleret honore Cum Graecis …”. An erroneous interpunction lead to mistaking cōmica as tied to vīs rather than to virtūs.

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