rope-dancer
ROPE-DANCER
funambulus (Ter. Suet.); schoenobates (Inscript.); by circumlocution qui meditatus est (i.e. didicit) per extensos funes ire (Sen. De Ir. 2 13); petaurisra (a vaulter). A rope-dancer’s pole pertica libratoria. ☞ Halter would be incorrect; for halteres (ἁλτῆρες) were masses of lead held in the hands in leaping etc. in order to assist the swing of the arms.
funambulus (Ter. Suet.); schoenobates (Inscript.); by circumlocution qui meditatus est (i.e. didicit) per extensos funes ire (Sen. De Ir. 2 13); petaurisra (a vaulter). A rope-dancer’s pole pertica libratoria. ☞ Halter would be incorrect; for halteres (ἁλτῆρες) were masses of lead held in the hands in leaping etc. in order to assist the swing of the arms.
rope-dancer:
1. fūnambŭlus: Ter. Hec. prol. 1, 4 r.-dancing elephants, elephanti funambuli, Suet. Galb. 6.
2. schoenŏbătes: Juv. 3, 77.
1. fūnambŭlus: Ter. Hec. prol. 1, 4 r.-dancing elephants, elephanti funambuli, Suet. Galb. 6.
2. schoenŏbătes: Juv. 3, 77.