Lexicographical Neighbors of Cothurnal
Literary usage of Cothurnal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in the word-play in Plautus. by Charles Jastrow Mendelsohn, University of Pennsylvania (1906)
"Cf. Jonson, Poetaster, V. I, 130, 'cothurnal buskins. ... 'The scene wants actors;
I'll fetch more, and clothe it In rich cothurnal pomp.' 13. ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... tragedy, n. drama (contextual), buskin (fig-)- Antonyms: see BURLESQUE.
tragic, a. dramatic, cothurnal (fig. ..."
3. Minor Poets of the Caroline Period by George Saintsbury (1905)
"... then, in its high cothurnal scenes, a lofty tragedy Erects their thoughts,
and doth at once invite, To various passions, sorrow and delight. ..."
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