cothurnis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cothurnus, cothurni:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Arts
high boot/buskin (worn by Greek tragic actors to increase their height);; elevated/tragic/solemn style; tragic poetry; the tragic stage;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...superare modos, et Vario cessit Romani laude cothurni, cum posset tragico fortius ore loqui. Aurum et opes..."Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Phaedri? Lasciuus elegis an seuerus herois? An in cothurnis horridus Sophocleis? An otiosus in schola poetarum lepore tinctos..."- M
Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...longa, quam si brevis, utunturque simili: ut, si cothurni laus illa esset, ad pedem apte convenire, neque multi..." - P
Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...spiritus iste meas.' Hactenus, et movit pictis innixa cothurnis densum caesarie terque quaterque caput. altera, si memini, limis..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...rogabat: nil illi larva aut tragicis opus esse cothurnis. multa Cicirrus ad haec: donasset iamne catenam ex voto..." - G
Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...tragoediam, hanc appellare comoediam soleo, illam quod quasi cothurnis, hanc quod quasi socculis sustinetur. Sua utrique amoenitas..."