orchestram
Dictionary entries
- Entry →orchestra, orchestrae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
area in front of stage; (Greek, held chorus; Roman, seats for senators/VIPs);
acc. sg.
Examples
Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...formidat rusticus infans, aequales habitus illic similesque videbis orchestram et populum; clari velamen honoris sufficiunt tunicae summis aedilibus..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...anulo aureo sessum in quattuordecim [e] scaena per orchestram transiit. Circensibus spatio circi ab utraque parte producto..."