scaenicus

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Latin

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκηνικός (skēnikós, “theatrical”), from σκηνή (skēnḗ, “stage”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

scaenicus (feminine scaenica, neuter scaenicum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the stage, theatrical, dramatic, scenic.
  2. (by extension) Fictitious, pretended; melodramatic.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative scaenicus scaenica scaenicum scaenicī scaenicae scaenica
Genitive scaenicī scaenicae scaenicī scaenicōrum scaenicārum scaenicōrum
Dative scaenicō scaenicō scaenicīs
Accusative scaenicum scaenicam scaenicum scaenicōs scaenicās scaenica
Ablative scaenicō scaenicā scaenicō scaenicīs
Vocative scaenice scaenica scaenicum scaenicī scaenicae scaenica

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Noun

scaenicus m (genitive scaenicī, feminine scaenica); second declension

  1. A player, actor.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scaenicus scaenicī
Genitive scaenicī scaenicōrum
Dative scaenicō scaenicīs
Accusative scaenicum scaenicōs
Ablative scaenicō scaenicīs
Vocative scaenice scaenicī

References

  • “scaenicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “scaenicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scaenicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • dramatic poetry: poesis scaenica
    • a dramatic poet: poeta scaenicus
    • the piece; the play: fabula, ludus scaenicus
    • performances in the circus; theatrical perfomances: ludi circenses, scaenici
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