cothurnus
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cothurnus, from Ancient Greek κόθορνος (kóthornos).
Noun edit
cothurnus (plural cothurni)
- A buskin used in ancient tragedy.
- (figurative) The stilted style denoting ancient tragedy.
- 1875, Henry James, Roderick Hudson, New York Edition 1909, hardcover, page 410
- Madame Grandoni had insisted on the fact that she was an actress, and this little speech seemed a glimpse of the cothurnus.
- 1875, Henry James, Roderick Hudson, New York Edition 1909, hardcover, page 410
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόθορνος (kóthornos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈtʰur.nus/, [kɔˈt̪ʰʊrnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈtur.nus/, [koˈt̪urnus]
Noun edit
cothurnus m (genitive cothurnī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cothurnus | cothurnī |
| Genitive | cothurnī | cothurnōrum |
| Dative | cothurnō | cothurnīs |
| Accusative | cothurnum | cothurnōs |
| Ablative | cothurnō | cothurnīs |
| Vocative | cothurne | cothurnī |
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References edit
- “cothurnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cothurnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cothurnus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cothurnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cothurnus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cothurnus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin