scaena

Latin

Alternative forms

• scēna

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskae̯.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

scaena f

1. vocative singular of scaena

scaenā f

1. ablative singular of scaena

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
• English: scene
• French: scène
• Italian: scena
• Portuguese: cena
• Russian: сцена (scena)
• Spanish: escena

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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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