histrio

See also: Histrio

Latin

Etymology

Unknown. Variant of hister, ister, which Livy in Ab urbe condita (7,2) claims to be an Etruscan word.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhis.tri.oː/, [ˈhɪs̠t̪rioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.tri.o/, [ˈist̪rio]

Noun

histriō m (genitive histriōnis); third declension

1. An actor, player.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	histriō	histriōnēs
Genitive	histriōnis	histriōnum
Dative	histriōnī	histriōnibus
Accusative	histriōnem	histriōnēs
Ablative	histriōne	histriōnibus
Vocative	histriō	histriōnēs

Derived terms

• histriōnicus

Descendants

• → English: histrion
• → French: histrion
• → Italian: istrione
• → Portuguese: histrião
• → Spanish: histrión

Further reading

• “histrio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “histrio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• histrio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a theatrical company: familia, grex, caterva histrionum
    
  • to hiss an actor off the stage: histrionem exsibilare, explodere, eicere, exigere
    
  • to interrupt an actor by hooting him: histrioni acclamare
    
• “histrio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “histrio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin