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1 cothurnus
cŏthurnus, i, m., = kothornos, a high Grecian shoe.I.In gen., Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 46; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; Vell. 2, 82, 4 al.—II.Esp.A.A high Grecian hunting-boot, laced up in front, and covering the whole foot, Verg. E. 7, 32; id. A. 1, 337; Juv. 6, 506.—B.The high shoe or buskin worn by tragic actors (while soccus was the shoe of the comic actor), Hor. A. P. 80; 280; id. S. 1, 5, 64 al.—Hence,2.Meton.a.Tragedy, Hor. A. P. 80.—b.A subject of tragedy Juv. 15, 29.—c.An elevated style, in poetry, Verg. E. 8, 10; Hor. C. 2, 1, 12; Prop. 2 (3), 34, 41; Quint. 10, 1, 68 et saep.;d.also in painting,
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 111 (with gravitas artis).—Elevation, majesty (late Lat.):imperatoriae auctoritatis,
Amm. 21, 16, 1. -
2 cothurnus
cothurnus ī, m, κότηορνοσ, a high Grecian shoe: cum pallā et cothurnis.—A laced huntingboot covering the foot, V. — A buskin, high shoe worn by tragic actors, H.: grandes cothurni, i. e. tragedy, H.: Sophocleus, the muse, V.: Cecropius, i. e. tragedy like that of Athens, H.: cunctis graviora cothurnis, Iu.* * *high boot/buskin (worn by Greek tragic actors to increase their height); elevated/tragic/solemn style; tragic poetry; the tragic stage
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