postscaenium

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word postscaenium. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word postscaenium, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say postscaenium in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word postscaenium you have here. The definition of the word postscaenium will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofpostscaenium, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Latin

Alternative forms

poscaenium

Etymology

From post- (“behind”) +‎ scaena (“stage”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

Noun

postscaenium n (genitive postscaeniī or postscaenī); second declension

backstage (hidden area for the use of performers)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	postscaenium	postscaenia
genitive	postscaeniī postscaenī¹	postscaeniōrum
dative	postscaeniō	postscaeniīs
accusative	postscaenium	postscaenia
ablative	postscaeniō	postscaeniīs
vocative	postscaenium	postscaenia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

→ English: postscenium
→ French: postscénium
→ Romanian: postscenium

References

“postscaenium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
postscaenium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia