SCHOENOBATES, (from the Greek, σχηνός, a rope; and βαίνω, I walk), a name which the Greeks gave to their rope-dancers: by the Romans called funambuli. See ROPE-DANCER and FUNAMBULUS.
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Scholastic The scholabates were slaves whose masters made money of them, by entertaining the people with their feats of activity.—Mercurialis de arte gymnastica, lib. III. gives us five figures of scholabates engraven after ancient statues.