cothurnus

He was also the main editor of the (in-)famous German underground fanzine Cothurnus.

She is often represented with a tragic mask and wearing the cothurnus, boots traditionally worn by tragic actors.

In Greek theatre, actors in tragic roles wore a boot called a buskin (Latin cothurnus) that elevated them above the other actors.

COTHURNAL, from "cothurnus," a particular boot worn by actors in Greek tragedy.

Lynbrook "The Stages of Marriage," excerpts from works by Neil Simon and Robert Anderson, presented by the Cothurnus Players.

Famously, he branded him with the nickname "cothurnus", the name of a boot worn on the stage that could fit either foot; Theramenes, he proclaimed, was ready to serve either the democratic or oligarchic cause, seeking only to further his own personal interest.

American (U.S.A.)-Thompson, Randall: Pierrot and Cothurnus (1922; prelude to Edna St. Vincent Millay's Aria da Capo [see under Plays, Playlets, and Pantomimes above]).