theatre
theatre
subs.
Ar. and P. θέᾱτρον, τό.
subs.
Ar. and P. θέᾱτρον, τό.
THEATRE
theatrum: scena (as we say the stage; PROP. and figuratively): cavea (pars pro toto Cic.; opposed to circus; ludi publici ... sunt cavea circoque divisi Leg. 2 38). The parts of a theatre according to modern usage may be thus rendered; pit cavea prima; boxes cavea media; gallery cavea ultima or summa. A temporary theatre. Vid: TEMPORARY.
theatrum: scena (as we say the stage; PROP. and figuratively): cavea (pars pro toto Cic.; opposed to circus; ludi publici ... sunt cavea circoque divisi Leg. 2 38). The parts of a theatre according to modern usage may be thus rendered; pit cavea prima; boxes cavea media; gallery cavea ultima or summa. A temporary theatre. Vid: TEMPORARY.
theatre:
I. Playhouse:
1. theātrum: a marble t., t. marmoreum, Ov. A. A. 1, 103: having entered the t. of the people of Antioch, where it is their wont to hold deliberative assemblies, Antiochiensium ingressus t. ubi illis consultare mos est, Tac. H. 2, 80 (v. Dict. Ant.): Rome, crammed into a closely-packed t., Roma arto stipata t., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60. (The dimin. θεατρίδιον occurs in Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 13.)
2. scēna (prop. the scene): a temporary t., s. in tempus structa, Tac. A. 14, 20.
3. spectācŭlum (any show): applause in all t.s, plausus ex omnibus s., Cic. Sest. 58, 124.
4. amphĭtheātrum: v.AMPHITHEATRE .
5. căvea (prop. the part where the audience sat): public games are twofold, those of the t. and those of the circus, ludi publici sunt c. circoque divisi, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38. [N.B.--Hence the most appropriate expressions for the parts of a modern t.: the pit = c. prima, ima; the boxes, c. media; the gallery, c. ultima, summa. For the arrangements of the Roman t., v. Dict. Ant.]
II. The audience: theātrum: we know that whole t.s shouted out, tota t. exclamasse scimus, Quint. 1, 6, 45: it may be more fully expr. by consessus theatri, Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37. Phr.: when the affair became known to the whole t., ut vero cuneis res notuit omnibus, Phaedr. 5, 7, 35.
III. The scene of action:
1. theātrum: the forum was the t. of that genius, forum fuit quasi t. illius ingenii, Cic. Brut. 2, 6: there is no wider t. for virtue than the conscience, nullum t. virtuti conscientia majus est, id. Tusc. 2, 26, 64.
2. scēna: ambition, luxury, violence are in want of a t. (of action), ambitio et luxuria et impotentia s. desiderant, Sen. Ep. 94, 71: v.STAGE .
3. campus: v.FIELD .
4. ărēna: the t. of civil war, a. civilis belli, Flor. 4, 2, 18: this is more correctly expr. by sedes belli, Liv. 4, 31.
5. pulvis, ĕris, m. (place of contest, scene of action): Quint.: Cic.: v.ARENA .
I. Playhouse:
1. theātrum: a marble t., t. marmoreum, Ov. A. A. 1, 103: having entered the t. of the people of Antioch, where it is their wont to hold deliberative assemblies, Antiochiensium ingressus t. ubi illis consultare mos est, Tac. H. 2, 80 (v. Dict. Ant.): Rome, crammed into a closely-packed t., Roma arto stipata t., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60. (The dimin. θεατρίδιον occurs in Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 13.)
2. scēna (prop. the scene): a temporary t., s. in tempus structa, Tac. A. 14, 20.
3. spectācŭlum (any show): applause in all t.s, plausus ex omnibus s., Cic. Sest. 58, 124.
4. amphĭtheātrum: v.
5. căvea (prop. the part where the audience sat): public games are twofold, those of the t. and those of the circus, ludi publici sunt c. circoque divisi, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38. [N.B.--Hence the most appropriate expressions for the parts of a modern t.: the pit = c. prima, ima; the boxes, c. media; the gallery, c. ultima, summa. For the arrangements of the Roman t., v. Dict. Ant.]
II. The audience: theātrum: we know that whole t.s shouted out, tota t. exclamasse scimus, Quint. 1, 6, 45: it may be more fully expr. by consessus theatri, Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37. Phr.: when the affair became known to the whole t., ut vero cuneis res notuit omnibus, Phaedr. 5, 7, 35.
III. The scene of action:
1. theātrum: the forum was the t. of that genius, forum fuit quasi t. illius ingenii, Cic. Brut. 2, 6: there is no wider t. for virtue than the conscience, nullum t. virtuti conscientia majus est, id. Tusc. 2, 26, 64.
2. scēna: ambition, luxury, violence are in want of a t. (of action), ambitio et luxuria et impotentia s. desiderant, Sen. Ep. 94, 71: v.
3. campus: v.
4. ărēna: the t. of civil war, a. civilis belli, Flor. 4, 2, 18: this is more correctly expr. by sedes belli, Liv. 4, 31.
5. pulvis, ĕris, m. (place of contest, scene of action): Quint.: Cic.: v.