See also:

• ACROBAT (Gr. ucpo0arsie, to walk on tiptoe)

ACROBAT (Gr. ucpo0arsie, to walk on tiptoe) , originally a rope-dancer; the word is now used generally to See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover professional performers on the See also:

• TRAPEZE, or TRAPESE

trapeze, &c., contortionists, balancers and tumblers . See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

Evidence exists that there were very skilful performers on the tight-rope (funambuli) among the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans . See also:

• MODERN

Modern rope-walkers (e.g . See also:

• BLONDIN (1824-1897)

Blondin) or See also:

• WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire-dancers generally use a See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

pole, loaded at the ends, or some such assistance in balancing, and by shifting this are enabled to maintain, or readily to recover, their See also:

• EQUILIBRIUM (from the Lat. aequus, equal, and libra, a balance)

equilibrium .