Latin

Noun

histriō m ‎(genitive histriōnis); third declension

1. An actor, player.

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: histrionic
• Italian: istrione
• Portuguese: histrião

References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “histrio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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