The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cothurnus
Cothurnus \Co*thur"nus\ (-n?s), n. [L.] Same as Cothurn.
Wiktionary
cothurnus
n. 1 A buskin used in ancient tragedy 2 The stilted style denoting ancient tragedy
Usage examples of "cothurnus".
Often and often I wondered: should I rightly be wearing the soccus of comedy or the cothurnus of tragedy?
I soon found myself arrayed in lapis lazuli jazerant, cothurni, and a stephane, the whole set off by an ebony baculus and a voluminous damassin cape embroidered with rotting pearls.
I soon found myself arrayed in lapis lazuli jazerant, cothurni, and a stephane, the whole set off by an ebony baculus and a voluminous damassin cape embroidered with rotting pearls.
White patent-leather cothurni called attention to her excelÂlent legs.