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histrio

histrio · m

a stage-player

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Where it lives

Verus 3 · 14.58/10k
Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo 4 · 8.4/10k
Domitianus 2 · 5.81/10k
Nero 4 · 5.12/10k
Amphitruo 5 · 5.09/10k
Antoninus Pius 1 · 4.46/10k
Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
Opilius Macrinus 1 · 4.02/10k
Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 1 · 3.77/10k
De Spectaculis 2 · 3.14/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 7 4 · 3.03/10k
Divus Augustus 4 · 2.98/10k

Densest 12 of 64 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. histrio — Lewis & Short

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.

2. histriö — Walde–Hofmann

histriö, -ónis m. „Schauspieler“; übtr. ,Marktschreier* (seit Plaut., ebenso histriónia [sc. ors] „Schauspielkunst“, histriönälis Tac., histriónicus seit Cell. bzw. Tert.; aus umgestaltetem Ahistorio [vgl. Isid. 18, 48] entl. d. Storger, Kluge!! s. v.): Erweiterung von hister (davon histricus „zu den Schauspielern gehórig* Plt., Demin. Ristrieulus seit Tert.), vgl. Liv. 7, 2, 6 ister Tuscö verbo lüdio vocabütur. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. histriö, p. 685]

In the wild

histriones Suetonius, Divus Augustus 45.3
histrionibus Quintus Cicero, Commentariolum Petitionis p4
histrionum Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 10.5.6
histrionibus Tertullian, De Carne Christi 7
histriones Historia Augusta, De vita Hadriani 19
histriones Tacitus, Annales 4.p14

6 of 151 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. histriö (scan p. 685; entry #1327).

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