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histrio

histrio

Latin

Noun

histriō m (genitive histriōnis); third declension

  1. An actor, player.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative histriō histriōnēs
genitive histriōnis histriōnum
dative histriōnī histriōnibus
accusative histriōnem histriōnēs
ablative histriōne histriōnibus
vocative histriō histriōnēs

Descendants

References

  • histrio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • histrio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “histrio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a theatrical company: familia, grex, caterva histrionum
    • to hiss an actor off the stage: histrionem exsibilare, explodere, eicere, exigere
    • to interrupt an actor by hooting him: histrioni acclamare
  • histrio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • histrio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin