funambulus

fūnambŭlus, i, m. [funis-ambulo],

• a rope-dancer, Ter. Hec. 4; 34; Suet. Galb. 6.—Transf.: tu funambule pudicitiae et castitatis, Tert. de Pudic. 10. —Called also fūnĭambŭlus, Aug. in Psa. 39, 9.

fūnambulus, ī, m. (funis u. ambulo) = σχοινοβάτης(Gloss.), der Seiltänzer, Ter. Hec. prol. 4. Capit. Anton. phil. 12. § 12: elephanti funambuli, Suet. Galb. 6, 1: ut homines in theatris funambulum admirantur, Augustin. epist. 120, 5 extr. – übtr., tu funambule pudicitiae et castitatis, Tert. de pudic. 10. – ➳ Nbf. fūniambulus, Arnob. 2, 38. Augustin. epist. 9, 3 u. in psalm. 39, 9.

funambulus [CL] , tight-rope-walker. funabulus dicitur qui per funes ambulat GlH F 880 (cf. ib. 901: funibulus qui facit jocum super funiculum); 9‥ ~us, rapgon WW; alii ‥ hesterni belli timore perterriti sunt, et in crastinum aufugerent solliciti funibus per murum demissi sunt, unde ad suam diuturnam ignominiam furtivi ~i vocati sunt Ord. Vit. IX 10 p. 546; Ib. XI 2 (v. derisorius a); hos aule mores funambulus intulit ille / qui, quod presumit, lege tuetur avi J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 1471; ~us, qui super chordam ambulat Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 244.

fūnambŭlus, (16) ī, m. (funis, ambulo), funambule, danseur de corde : Ter. Hec. 4 ; Suet. Galba 6 || [fig.] qui se joue de : Tert. Pud. 10.

funambulus , i. m.
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fūnambulus ī, m

• funis+ambulo, a ropedancer: in funambulo Animum occupare, T.

FUNAMBULUS

FUNA´MBULUS(σχοινοβάτης), a ropedancer. The art of dancing on the tight rope was carried to as great perfection among the Romans as it is with us. (Terent. Hecyr. Prol. 4;

Hor. Epist. 2.1, 210; Juven. 3.77; 14.265-Z2, 272, with Mayor's note.) If we may judge from a series of paintings discovered in the excavations (Ant. & Ercol. tom. iii. pp. 160-165), from which the figures in the preceding woodcut are selected, the performers placed themselves in an endless variety of graceful and sportive attitudes, and represented the characters of bacchanals, satyrs, and other imaginary beings. Three of the persons here exhibited hold the thyrsus, which may have served for a balancing pole; two are performing on the double pipe, and one on the lyre: two others are pouring wine into vessels of different forms. They all have their heads enveloped in skins or caps, probably intended as a protection in case of falling. The Emperor M. Aurelius, in consequence of the fall of a boy, caused feather-beds (culcitras) to be laid under the rope to obviate the danger of such accidents. (Capitol. M. Ant. Phil. 12.) One of the most difficult exploits was running down the rope (Sueton. Nero, 11) at the conclusion of the performance. It was a strange attempt of Germanicus and of the Emperor Galba to exhibit elephants walking on the rope. (Plin. Nat.8.5; Sueton. Galb. 6; Sen. Epist. 86.)

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Funambŭlus

(σχοινοβάτης). A rope-dancer. The art of dancing on the tight rope was carried to as great perfection among the Romans as it is with us (Terence, Hecyr. prol. 4; Epist. ii. 1, 210; Juv.iii. 77; xiv. 265Juv., 272, with Mayor's note). If we may judge from a series of paintings discovered in the excavations at Herculaneum the performers placed themselves in an endless variety of graceful and sportive attitudes. The emperor M. Aurelius, in consequence of the fall of a boy, caused feather-beds (culcitrae) to be laid under the rope to obviate the danger of such accidents (Capitol. M. Ant. Phil. 12). One of the most difficult exploits was running down the rope (Suet. Nero, 11) at the conclusion of the performance. Germanicus and the emperor Galba attempted to exhibit elephants walking on the rope (Plin. H. N. viii. 5; Galba, 6). See saltatio.