postscaenium

== Latin == === Alternative forms === poscaenium === Etymology === From post- (“behind”) + scaena (“stage”) + -ium. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔs(ː)ˈkae̯.ni.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [postˈʃɛː.ni.um] === Noun === postscaenium n (genitive postscaeniī or postscaenī); second declension backstage (hidden area for the use of performers) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== → English: postscenium → French: postscénium → Romanian: postscenium === References === “postscaenium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “postscaenium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.