προσκήνιον
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From πρό (pró, “before”) + σκηνή (skēnḗ, “tent, stage”) + -ιον (-ion).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pros.kɛ̌ː.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /prosˈke̝.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /prosˈci.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /prosˈci.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /prosˈci.ni.on/
Noun
[edit]προσκήνῐον • (proskḗnion) n (genitive προσκηνῐ́ου); second declension
- the forepart or entrance of a tent
- proscenium
- a stage curtain
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ προσκήνῐον tò proskḗnion |
τὼ προσκηνῐ́ω tṑ proskēníō |
τᾰ̀ προσκήνῐᾰ tà proskḗnia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ προσκηνῐ́ου toû proskēníou |
τοῖν προσκηνῐ́οιν toîn proskēníoin |
τῶν προσκηνῐ́ων tôn proskēníōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ προσκηνῐ́ῳ tôi proskēníōi |
τοῖν προσκηνῐ́οιν toîn proskēníoin |
τοῖς προσκηνῐ́οις toîs proskēníois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ προσκήνῐον tò proskḗnion |
τὼ προσκηνῐ́ω tṑ proskēníō |
τᾰ̀ προσκήνῐᾰ tà proskḗnia | ||||||||||
Vocative | προσκήνῐον proskḗnion |
προσκηνῐ́ω proskēníō |
προσκήνῐᾰ proskḗnia | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
[edit]- (proscenium): λογεῖον (logeîon)
Descendants
[edit]- Greek: προσκήνιο (proskínio)
- → Latin: proscēnium
Further reading
[edit]- “προσκήνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- προσκήνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιον
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