scaena

== Latin == === Alternative forms === scēna === Etymology === From Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ). Seemingly with a hypercorrective /ae̯/ < /eː/ in reaction to an opposite trend (cf. haedus, saeta > ēdus, sēta). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈskae̯.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈʃɛː.na] === Noun === scaena f (genitive scaenae); first declension stage scene theatre (transferred) natural scenery, background, backdrop publicity, the public eye euphemism for death with dēcēdo ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== postscaenium ==== Descendants ==== === 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 Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “scaena”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “scaena”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “scaena”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin