petaurista

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pĕtaurista: and -es, ae, m., = πεταυριστής,
I a tumbler, vaulter, rope-dancer.
I Lit.: petauristae a veteribus dicebantur qui saltibus vel schemis levioribus moverentur, et haec proprietas a Graecā nominatione descendit, ἀπὸ τοῦ πετᾶσθαι, Non. 56, 26; Varr. ap. Non. 1. 1.; cf.: petauristas Lucilius a petauro appellatos existimare videtur. At Aelius Stilo, quod in aëre volent, Fest. p. 206 Müll.—
II Transf., of animals that leap very high, Plin. 11, 33, 39, § 115.

Latin > English

petaurista petauristae N M :: acrobat

Translations

acrobat

Albanian: akrobat; Arabic: بَهْلَوَان‎; Armenian: ակրոբատ; Basque: akrobata; Catalan: acròbata , equilibrista; Chinese Mandarin: 雜技演員, 杂技演员, 馬戲演員, 马戏演员; Czech: akrobat, akrobatka; Danish: akrobat; Dutch: acrobaat, acrobate; Esperanto: akrobato, akrobatino, ekvilibristo, ekvilibristino; Estonian: akrobaat; Finnish: akrobaatti, tasapainotaiteilija; French: acrobate; Georgian: ჯამბაზი; German: Akrobat, Akrobatin; Greek: ακροβάτης, ακροβάτισσα; Ancient Greek: ἀκροβάτης, πεταυριστής, πετευριστής, πετευριστήρ, κανδαλιστής, κρημνοβάτης, κυβιστητήρ, ὀρχηστής, ὀρχηστήρ, ἀρνευτήρ; Gujarati: કળાબાજ઼; Hebrew: לולין‎; Hindi: कलाबाज़; Hungarian: akrobata; Italian: acrobata; Japanese: アクロバット; Korean: 곡예사; Latin: petaurista, petauristes, funambulus, funiambulus; Marathi: डोंबारी; Norman: acrobate; Norwegian Bokmål: akrobat; Nynorsk: akrobat; Persian: بندباز‎; Polish: akrobata, akrobatka; Portuguese: acrobata; Romanian: acrobat, acrobată; Russian: акроба́т, акроба́тка; Sanskrit: जायाजीव; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: акробата; Roman: akrobata; Slovak: akrobat, akrobatka; Slovene: akrobat, akrobatka; Spanish: acróbata, saltimbanqui, equilibrista; Swedish: akrobat; Tagalog: akrobata, sirkero, magsisirko; Thai: นักโลดโผน; Turkish: akrobat, cambaz

tightrope walker

Armenian: լարախաղաց, փահլևան, քյանդրբազ; Belarusian: канатаходзец; Bulgarian: въжеиграч; Catalan: funambulista, funàmbul; Chinese Mandarin: 走繩索的人／走绳索的人; Dutch: koorddanser; English: funambulist, rope climber, rope dancer, rope-climber, ropedancer, rope-dancer, tightrope walker; Finnish: nuorallatanssija, nuorallakävelijä; French: funambule; German: Seiltänzer, Seiltänzerin; Greek: σχοινοβάτης, σχοινοβάτισσα; Ancient Greek: αἰθροβάτης, ἀκροβάτης, ἀρνευτήρ, καλοβάμων, καλοβάτης, κρημνοβάτας, κρημνοβάτης, νευροβάτης, πεταυριστής, πετευριστήρ, πετευριστής, σχοινοβάτης, σχοινοδρόμος; Hungarian: légtornász, kötéltáncos; Indonesian: pejalan tali; Italian: funambolo; Japanese: 綱渡り師; Kazakh: даршы; Kyrgyz: дарчы; Latin: funambulus, funiambulus, schoenobates; Polish: linoskoczek; Portuguese: funâmbulo; Romanian: funambul, funambulă; Russian: канатоходец, канатоходка, эквилибрист, балансёр; Spanish: funámbulo, volatinero; Swedish: lindansare; Turkish: ip cambazı; Turkmen: darbaz; Ukrainian: канатоходець; Uyghur: ⁧دارۋاز⁩; Uzbek: dorboz; Volapük: jainadanüdan, jainahidanüdan, jainajidanüdan