How do you use Lanista in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Lanista in a sentence
Lanista meaning
The trainer or manager of a team of gladiators.
Using Lanista
- The main meaning on this page is: The trainer or manager of a team of gladiators.
Context around Lanista
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lanista
- In this selection, "lanista" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, giving and owner stand out and add context to how "lanista" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include from a lanista owner of and priest and lanista giving gladiatoria. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lanista" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lanista
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In the Republican era, private citizens could own and train gladiators, or lease them from a lanista (owner of a gladiator training school). (23 words)
In the Eastern provinces of the later Imperium, the state archiereis combined the roles of editor, Imperial cult priest and lanista, giving gladiatoria munera in which the use of sharp weapons seems an exceptional honour. (35 words)
In the Eastern provinces of the later Imperium, the state archiereis combined the roles of editor, Imperial cult priest and lanista, giving gladiatoria munera in which the use of sharp weapons seems an exceptional honour. (35 words)
In the Republican era, private citizens could own and train gladiators, or lease them from a lanista (owner of a gladiator training school). (23 words)
Example sentences (2)
In the Eastern provinces of the later Imperium, the state archiereis combined the roles of editor, Imperial cult priest and lanista, giving gladiatoria munera in which the use of sharp weapons seems an exceptional honour.
In the Republican era, private citizens could own and train gladiators, or lease them from a lanista (owner of a gladiator training school).