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histrio , ōnis, m. Etrusc. prim. form HISTER, Liv. 7, 2, 6; Val. Max. 2, 4, 4; whence histricus and histriculus,
I.a stage-player, actor, either tragic or comic (syn.: actor, mimus, tragoedus, comoedus).
I. Lit.: “quod verbum in cavea dixit histrio,” Plaut. Truc. 5, 39; Liv. 7, 2; Val. Max. 2, 4, 4; Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 24; id. Par. 3, 2, 26; id. de Or. 1, 5, 18; 1, 61, 258; id. de Sen. 19, 70; Plaut. Am. prol. 69; 77 sq.; id. Capt. prol. 13 et saep.: “ex pessimo histrione bonum comoedum fieri,” Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30; cf.: “vidi ego saepe histriones atque comoedos, cum, etc.,” Quint. 6, 2, 35 Spald.: “patina Aesopi tragoediarum histrionis,” Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 163: “M. Ofilius Hilarus comoediarum histrio,” id. 7, 53, 54, § 185: “tragicus,” id. 10, 51, 72, § 141: “quod non dant proceres dabit histrio,” Juv. 7, 90.—*
II. Transf., a boaster: “histrionis est parvam rem attollere,” Cels. 5, 26, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Cicero, For Quintus Roscius the Actor, 10.30
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.prol
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.5
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 5.26
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 2
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 3.7
    • Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum, 3
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 2.35
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 2.4.4
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