cavean.

/ˈkeɪvɪə/

Forms: Plural caveæ.

Etymology: Latin, = a hollow.

Roman History.

The auditorium of an ancient theatre, so called from its concave shape; also the whole theatre.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > other parts of theatre > [noun] > parts of ancient Greek or Roman theatre

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cavea1611

scenarioa1684

subselliuma1701

diazoma1706

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1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Z6^v The seates or benches.., incompassing the Cauea.

1842 L. Schmitz in W. Smith Dict. Gr. & Rom. Antiquities 959/1 The whole of the cavea in the Attic theatre must have contained about 50,000 spectators.

1860 J. W. Donaldson Theatre of Greeks (ed. 7) iii. i. 222 The cavea of the theatre at Catana as seen from the stage.

1886 Athenæum 4 Dec. 751/2 The peculiarity of this theatre [at Laurium] is the strange form of the cavea, which sweeps inward in a loop to the right as viewed from the proscenium.

1889 A. E. Haigh Attic Theatre iii. 113 The auditorium, or the portion of the theatre containing the seats for the spectators, was called the ‘cavea’ in Latin; but there was no technical term for it in Greek.

1955 Times 19 Aug. 2/5 Extending 263 ft. in diameter, the hollow of the cavea is divided into five blocks of white marble seats, separated by narrow stairways.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	cavea
释义	cavean. /ˈkeɪvɪə/ Forms: Plural caveæ. Etymology: Latin, = a hollow. Roman History. The auditorium of an ancient theatre, so called from its concave shape; also the whole theatre. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > other parts of theatre > [noun] > parts of ancient Greek or Roman theatre scenaa1387 scene1481 orchestra1606 proscenium1606 cavea1611 scenarioa1684 subselliuma1701 diazoma1706 parascenium1706 pavilion1730 hyposcenium1753 thymele1753 vomitorium1754 velarium1834 velum1843 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Z6^v The seates or benches.., incompassing the Cauea. 1842 L. Schmitz in W. Smith Dict. Gr. & Rom. Antiquities 959/1 The whole of the cavea in the Attic theatre must have contained about 50,000 spectators. 1860 J. W. Donaldson Theatre of Greeks (ed. 7) iii. i. 222 The cavea of the theatre at Catana as seen from the stage. 1886 Athenæum 4 Dec. 751/2 The peculiarity of this theatre [at Laurium] is the strange form of the cavea, which sweeps inward in a loop to the right as viewed from the proscenium. 1889 A. E. Haigh Attic Theatre iii. 113 The auditorium, or the portion of the theatre containing the seats for the spectators, was called the ‘cavea’ in Latin; but there was no technical term for it in Greek. 1955 Times 19 Aug. 2/5 Extending 263 ft. in diameter, the hollow of the cavea is divided into five blocks of white marble seats, separated by narrow stairways. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1611
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