scaena

Latin

Alternative forms

• scēna

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “stage, scene”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskae̯.na/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskɛ.na/, [ˈskɛː.na]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /ˈske.na/, [ˈskʲe.na]

Noun

scaena f (genitive scaenae); first declension

1. stage
2. scene
3. theatre
4. natural background
5. publicity, the public eye
6. euphemism for death with dēcēdo

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scaena	scaenae
Genitive	scaenae	scaenārum
Dative	scaenae	scaenīs
Accusative	scaenam	scaenās
Ablative	scaenā	scaenīs
Vocative	scaena	scaenae

Descendants

• Catalan: escena
• → German: Szene
  • → Russian: сцена (scena)
• Italian: scena
  • → English: scena
• Middle French: scene
  • → English: scene
  • French: scène
    • → Dutch: scène
  • Norman: scène
• Portuguese: cena
• → Serbo-Croatian: сцена, scena
• Spanish: escena

Noun

scaena f

1. vocative singular of scaena

Noun

scaenā f

1. ablative singular of scaena

References

• scaena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scaena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scaena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to introduce a character on the stage: in scaenam producere aliquem
    
  • to come upon the stage: in scaenam prodire
    
  • to reappear on the stage: in scaenam redire
    
  • to retire from the stage: de scaena decedere
    
  • to bring a thing upon the stage: in scaenam aliquid inducere