noun
histrĭōnĭa
Meaning
- the art of stage-playing
histrĭōnĭa, ae, f. (sc. ars) [id.],
I. the art of stage-playing, dramatic art:
facere histrioniam, to assume the character of an actor, Plaut. Am. prol. 90; Macr. S. 2, 10, 12: exercere, Petr. Fr. 10.