cothurnus

cothurnus englanniksi

1. A buskin used in ancient tragedy.

2. The stilted style denoting ancient tragedy.

3. 1875, James|Henry James, ''Hudson|Roderick Hudson'', New York Edition 1909, hardcover, page 410

Madame Grandoni had insisted on the fact that she was an actress, and this little speech seemed a glimpse of the cothurnus.

4. cothurnus, buskin

5. tragedy (gloss)