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Definition of Cothurnus
1. n. Same as Cothurn.
Definition of Cothurnus
1. Noun. A buskin used in ancient tragedy ¹
2. Noun. The stilted style denoting ancient tragedy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cothurnus
1. cothurn [n -NI] - See also: cothurn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cothurnus
Literary usage of Cothurnus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1823)
"... of the Panathenaea—Description of the Work—The cothurnus, and Petasus or
Pileus— Practice of gilding and painting ..."
2. Shadow and Substance by Robert Barnabas Brough, Charles H. Bennett, . (1860)
"Poor cothurnus Mandeville, for some years anterior to his decease an ...
Carlyle himself would have admitted that cothurnus possessed one half of a very ..."
3. History of the Literature of Ancient Greece: To the Period of Isocrates by Karl Otfried Müller, George Cornewall Lewis (1847)
"cothurnus; masks. 9 3. Structure of the theatre. $ 4. Arrangement of the orchestra
in connexion with the form and position of the chorus. § 5. ..."
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