† orchēstra, ae, f., = ὀρχήστρα.
- I. The place where the Senate sat in the theatre, the orchestra: in orchestrā senatorum sunt sedibus loca destinata, Vitr. 5, 6; Juv. 7, 47; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 35; 44; id. Claud. 21 et saep.
- B. Transf., the Senate (poet.): similesque videbis Orchestram et populum, Juv. 3, 178.
- II. Another place on the stage, acc. to Fest. p. 181 b; cf. Müll. ad h. l.