Meaning of tabernariae | Babel Free
Definitions
Ancient Roman comedies dealing with the life of the lower classes.
historical, plural, plural-only
Examples
“All his plays bear⟳ Latin titles and their plots prove⟳ them to have⟳ been tabernariae. The fragments show⟳ a broad and popular tone, a bold, lively and fresh manner reminding one of Plautus, […]”
“These Atellane plays were not praetextatae, i.e. comedies in which magistrates and persons of rank were introduced, nor tabernariae, the characters in which were taken from low life; they rather seem to have⟳ been a union of high comedy and its parody.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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