I.of or belonging to the theatre, theatrical: “theatrales gladiatoriique consessus,” Cic. Sest. 54, 115: “operae,” Tac. A. 1, 16: “lascivia populi,” id. ib. 11, 13: “ad theatrales artes degeneravisse,” id. ib. 14, 21: “licentia,” Suet. Dom. 8: “lex,” concerning the order of sitting in the theatre, Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 117; 33, 2, 8, § 32; Quint. 3, 6, 19: “humanitas,” i. e. feigned, spurious, id. 2, 2, 10: “sermones,” i. e. low, vulgar, Sid. Ep. 3, 13 fin.: “omnes (montes) theatrali modo inflexi,” in the form of a theatre, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30.
thĕātrālis , e, adj. theatrum,