proscenium
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin proscaenium (“in front of the scenery”), from Ancient Greek προσκήνιον (proskḗnion), from πρό (pró, “before”) + σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene building”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]proscenium (plural prosceniums or proscenia)
- (in a modern theater) The stage area between the curtain and the orchestra.
- (in an ancient theater) The stage area immediately in front of the scene building.
- (in an ancient theater) The row of columns at the front the scene building, at first directly behind the circular orchestra but later upon a stage.
- 1936, Roy C. Flickinger, The Greek Theater and Its Drama, 4th edition, page 58:
- The front of the scene-building and of the parascenia came to be decorated with a row of columns, the proscenium (πρό, "before"+σκηνή).
- A proscenium arch.
- 1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 19:
- Screamers trumpeted from the roof of the supermarket, white storks rattled their bills as their surveyed the town from the proscenium of the filling-station.
Coordinate terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]modern theatre: stage area between the curtain and the orchestra
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ancient theatre: stage area immediately in front of the scene building
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ancient theatre: row of columns at the front the scene building
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proscenium arch — see proscenium arch
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]proscenium n (singular definite prosceniet, plural indefinite proscenier)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of proscenium
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | proscenium | prosceniet | proscenier | proscenierne |
genitive | prosceniums | prosceniets | prosceniers | prosceniernes |
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]proscenium m (plural prosceniums)
Further reading
[edit]- “proscenium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek προσκήνιον (proskḗnion), from πρό (pró, “before”) + σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene building”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /prosˈkeː.ni.um/, [prɔs̠ˈkeːniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proʃˈʃe.ni.um/, [proʃˈʃɛːnium]
Noun
[edit]proscēnium n (genitive proscēniī or proscēnī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | proscēnium | proscēnia |
Genitive | proscēniī proscēnī1 |
proscēniōrum |
Dative | proscēniō | proscēniīs |
Accusative | proscēnium | proscēnia |
Ablative | proscēniō | proscēniīs |
Vocative | proscēnium | proscēnia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: prosceni (learned)
- → English: proscenium
- French: proscénium
- Italian: proscenio
References
[edit]- “proscenium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- proscenium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin proscenium or French proscenium.
Noun
[edit]proscenium n (plural prosceniumuri)
Declension
[edit]Declension of proscenium
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) proscenium | prosceniumul | (niște) prosceniumuri | prosceniumurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) proscenium | prosceniumului | (unor) prosceniumuri | prosceniumurilor |
vocative | prosceniumule | prosceniumurilor |
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