scaenicus

Latin

Alternative forms

• scēnicus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskae̯.ni.kus/, [ˈs̠käe̯nɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃe.ni.kus/, [ˈʃɛːnikus]

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

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to the stage): scaenālis, scaenārius, scaenātilis
• (fictitious): fictus
• (player, actor): āctor, histriō, scaenāticus

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “fictitious, pretended”): reālis, vērus

Derived terms

• scaenica
• scaenicē

Related terms

• scaena
• scaenālis
• scaenārius
• scaenāticus
• scaenātilis
• scaenographia

Descendants

• Catalan: escènic
• English: scenic
• French: scénique
• Italian: scenico
• Portuguese: cénico, cênico (Brazil), scénico (obsolete)
• Romanian: scenic
• Spanish: escénico

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^[1], 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