stataria

Latin

Etymology

Substantive form of statārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /staˈtaː.ri.a/, [s̠t̪äˈt̪äːriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /staˈta.ri.a/, [st̪äˈt̪äːriä]

Noun

statāria f (genitive statāriae); first declension

1. A Roman comedy, which was characterised by the calm and peaceable acting of the performers.
   • 163 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos , (prologue):

     Adeste aequo animo, date potestatem mihi / statariam agere ut liceat per silentium,

     Attend with favorable feelings; grant me the opportunity that I may be allowed to act a stataria in silence;

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	statāria	statāriae
genitive	statāriae	statāriārum
dative	statāriae	statāriīs
accusative	statāriam	statāriās
ablative	statāriā	statāriīs
vocative	statāria	statāriae

Antonyms

• motoria

See also

• statārius

References

• “statarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “statarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers