statarii

stătārĭus, a, um, adj. [sto], of or belonging to standing or standing fast, standing, standing firm, stationary, steady (very rare; usually stabilis).

I.

In gen.:

statarius miles,

Liv. 9, 19:

hostis,

id. 22, 18:

retia,

i. e. that remain long in the water, Sid. Ep. 2, 2 med.:

prandium,

eaten standing, Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Jul. 11 fin.:

congressio,

i. e. a battle in the open field, Amm. 14, 2, 8.—

B.

Transf., calm, tranquil; of an orator:

C. Piso, statarius et sermonis plenus orator,

Cic. Brut. 68, 239.—

II.

In partic., subst.: stătārĭa (sc. comoedia), a kind of comedy, so called from the quiet acting of the performers (opp. motoria, bustling, noisy), Ter. Heaut. prol. 36 sq. Don. ad loc. and ad; id. Ad. prol. 24.—Hence, subst.: stătārĭi, ōrum, m., the actors in the comoedia stataria, Cic. Brut. 30, 116.