cothurno
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. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...numquam, Gellia, tu leporem. Varro, Sophocleo non infitiande cothurno nec minus in Calabra suspiciende lyra, differ opus..."de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...summam caueam spectantia reliquit, Inter multa alia cothurno, non tantum sipario fortiora et hoc ait: Cuiuis potest accidere..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...fides non vana parentis Mopsus, puniceo cui circumfusa cothurno palla imos ferit alba pedes vittataque frontem cassis..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...furias regumque domos aversaque caelosidera terrifico super intonuere cothurno,et quis lasciva vires tenuare Thaliadulce vel heroos gressu..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...gestare pharetram, purpureoque alte suras vincire cothurno. Punica regna vides, Tyrios et Agenoris urbem; sed fines Libyci, genus..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...comesque deae. quam tu non poteris duro reserare cothurno, haec est blanditiis ianua laxa meis; et tamen emerui..."Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...quamlibet aptus eram. risit Amor pallamque meam pictosque cothurnos sceptraque privata tam cito sumpta manu. hinc quoque..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...valet, arte valet. nulla Sophocleo veniet iactura cothurno; cum sole et luna semper Aratus erit; dum fallax servus..."