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histrionia

histrionia · f

the art of stage-playing

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Where it lives

Amphitruo 1 · 1.02/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 1 · 0.47/10k

What it meant

histrĭōnĭa — Lewis & Short

histrĭōnĭa, ae, f. (sc. ars) [id.],

I the art of stage-playing, dramatic art: facere histrioniam, to assume the character of an actor, Plaut. Am. prol. 90; Macr. S. 2, 10, 12: exercere, Petr. Fr. 10.

In the wild

histrioniam Seneca the Elder, Excerpta Controversiae 9.2
histrioniam Plautus, Amphitruo prologue.pr

Where it came from

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