Theatrum, theátri, n. g. pe. prod. Plin. A theatre: a place made half round, where people assembled do behold plates. Sometime the multitude that beholdeth: Sometime the sight or play set forth in that place.Fundamenta alta theatri.Virg.Cuneatum theatrum, Vide CVNSVS.Arcto theatro stipata Roma. Hor. Magna theatra. Lucret. Marmoreum theatrum. Ouid.Curua theatra.Ouid.Festa theatra.Ouid.Wherein playes are set forth on festiual dayes.In theatro ac spectaculis.Cic.Habere theatrum sanè bellum.Cic. Commouere theatrum. Quint. To moue the people to behold the fight.Tunc commouendum est theatrum.Quintil. Pro ipsis spectatoribus. Spissa theatra. Hor. Beholders standing thicke togither.Clamosi turba theatri.Stat.Theatra tota reclamant.Cic.Al the people beholding the sightes crie out against it.Versari in theatro, pet traoslationem.Cic.To liue or bee in an open place where al men behold him.Iogenij theatrum.Cic.A place or matter wherein one sheweth and declareth his wit.Theatrum virtutis, conscientia. Cicero. The chiefe place where bertue is seene and beholden, is a mans owne conscience.Masoribus theatris propositæ alicuius vittutes. Cice. Ones vrrtues being seene and beholden of greater companies.Magnum theatrum haber ista prouincia. Ci. This prouince or charge hath many that do behold it.Maguo theatro spectata familiaritas.Cic.Familiaritie wel knowen and seene of many men.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
thĕātrum, i, n., = qe/atron,a playhouse, theatre (cf.: scena, spectaculum, ludus). I.Lit.: num theatrum, gymnasia, porticus, etc.... rem publicam efficiebat?Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44: theatrum ut commune sit, id. Fin. 3, 20, 67: castra munita ... alterā (ex parte) a theatro, quod est ante oppidum, Caes. B. C. 2, 25; Nep. Reg. 2, 1: populi sensus maxime theatro et spectaculis perspectus est, Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3: aliquid totius theatri clamore dicere, id. ib.: consessus theatri, id. Tusc. 1, 16, 37: in vacuo laetus sessor plausorque theatro, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 130; Ov. A. A. 1, 497: hos arto stipata theatro Spectat Roma potens, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60: Philippus in acie tutior quam in theatro fuit, Curt. 9, 6, 25; cf. Vitr. 5, 3, 1 sqq.; Verg. A. 1, 427; Liv. Epit. 48 fin.; Val. Max. 2, 4, 2: exeamus e theatro, i. e.
cease to speak of actors
, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74.—Of the Greek theatre, which served as a place for public meetings, Cic. Fl. 7, 16; Liv. 24, 39, 1; 33, 28, 4; Tac. H. 2, 80; Nep. Timol. 4, 2; Vulg. Act. 19, 29; 19, 31.—B.Transf.1. In gen., any open space for exhibiting martialgames, Verg. A. 5, 288; 5, 664.—2. Like our theatre, for the spectators assembled in a theatre, a theatrical audience: frequentissimum, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59: consensus theatri, id. Phil. 1, 12, 30: tunc est commovendum theatrum, cum ventum est ad ipsum illud Plaudite, Quint. 6, 1, 52.—Plur.: qui (modi) totis theatris maestitiam inferunt, Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: tota saepe theatra exclamasse barbare, Quint. 1, 6, 45; cf.: spissa theatra, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 41.—II.Trop., a place of exhibition, theatre, stage, for any public act: nullum theatrum virtuti conscientia majus est, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64: magno theatro (ea familiaritas) spectata est,
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, id. Fam. 12, 29, 1; cf.: quasi in aliquo terrarum orbis theatro versari, id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, 35; id. Brut. 2, 6: in theatro terrarum orbis esse, Curt. 9, 6, 21: optimus quisque praeceptor frequentiā gaudet ac majore se theatro dignum putat, Quint. 1, 2, 9.