saltatrix

saltātrix, īcis, f. [saltator],

• a female dancer, dancing-girl, Cic. Pis. 8, 18; Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 68; Macr. S. 2, 10, 1; Vulg. Ecclus. 9, 4.

saltātrīx, trīcis, Genet. Plur. trīcum, f. (Femin. zu saltator), die Tänzerin, Vulg. Sirach 9, 4. Amm. 14, 6, 19 (wo Genet. Plur.): tonsa, Ambros. de Cain et Abel 1, 4. § 14: spöttisch v. Gabinius, Cic. in Pis. 18: attrib., avis quodam genere saltatrix, Plin. 10, 68.

saltatrix [CL], person (f.) who leaps or dances, dancer, acrobat, tumbler; b (w. ref. to Salome; cf. Marc. vi 21–9, Matth. xiv 6–11). 10‥ ~ix, hleapestre WW; histriones, saltatores, et ~ices Ailr. Stand. f. 198; et tamen ei [sc. Alexandro] successisse legitur non suus, sed ~icis filius P. Blois Ep. 67. 213B; bursa purgat meretrices / et honestat saltatrices Walt. Wimb. Van. 65; 1313 Matillidi Makejoie ~ici facienti menestralciam suam KR Ac 374/19 f. 8d.; a tumyllere, saltator, -trix, saltrix, saltricla CathA.  b juravit Herodes dare ~ici quodcumque postulasset Bede Hom. II 23. 240A; convivium Herodis ‥ dum immoderatam ad gestus ~icis ‥ letitiam concipit ‥ homicidio maculatur J. Sal. Pol. 741B; ob incestum ‥ decollatur, ~ici premium datur Hon. Spec. Eccl. 998A; confusionem Herodi et ~icis instanciam Map NC III 2 f. 36; s39 imperator Herodem ‥ una cum Herodiade adultera eterno damnavit exilio. puellam ~icem terra deglutivit vivam M. Par. Maj. I 98.

saltātrīx, (16) īcis, f. (saltator), danseuse, mime, pantomime : Cic. Pis. 18 ; Plin. 10, 68.

saltātrīx īcis, f

• saltator, a female dancer, dancing-girl: tonsa.