"scaena" meaning in Latin

See scaena in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈskae̯.na] [Classical-Latin], [ˈʃɛː.na] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-der. Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ)bor. Latin scaena From Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ). Seemingly with a hypercorrective /ae̯/ < /eː/ in reaction to an opposite trend (cf. haedus, saeta > ēdus, sēta). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:bor|grc:σκηνή|id=stage|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-der. Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ)bor. Latin scaena [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)ḱeh₃-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "σκηνή", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "scaena", "lang" : "la" }" data-id="stage" data-lang="la" data-title="scaena" id="Latin:_stage">, {{bor|la|grc|σκηνή}} Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ) Head templates: {{la-noun|scaena&lt;1&gt;}} scaena f (genitive scaenae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|scaena&lt;1&gt;}} Forms: scaenae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], scaena [nominative, singular], scaenae [nominative, plural], scaenae [genitive, singular], scaenārum [genitive, plural], scaenae [dative, singular], scaenīs [dative, plural], scaenam [accusative, singular], scaenās [accusative, plural], scaenā [ablative, singular], scaenīs [ablative, plural], scaena [singular, vocative], scaenae [plural, vocative], scēna [alternative]
  1. stage Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-scaena-la-noun-x~9tzZTX Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 17 17 18 17 19 10
  2. scene Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-scaena-la-noun-T0j3IHzr Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 17 17 18 17 19 10
  3. theatre Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-scaena-la-noun-0Fw05yNS Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Theater Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 17 17 18 17 19 10 Disambiguation of Theater: 24 2 64 3 5 2
  4. (transferred) natural scenery, background, backdrop Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-scaena-la-noun-pMThfCcQ Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 17 17 18 17 19 10
  5. publicity, the public eye Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-scaena-la-noun-aQNF1itX Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 4 4 5 15 70 4 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 3 3 5 5 80 3 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 2 20 73 2 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 17 17 18 17 19 10 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 3 3 5 11 75 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 1 2 5 89 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 2 5 88 2 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 4 4 5 14 71 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 3 3 4 10 76 3
  6. euphemism for death with dēcēdo Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-scaena-la-noun-SrZaEoMM Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Death Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 17 17 18 17 19 10 Disambiguation of Death: 0 0 2 1 3 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: postscaenium

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "… or [like] Agamemnon’s [son] Orestes, tormented onstage [by his dead] mother [who is] armed with torches and black snakes, ….\n(A poetic plural reference to theatrical performances of the tragedy.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.471–472",
          "text": "[...] aut Agamemnonius scēnīs agitātus Orestēs\narmātam facibus mātrem et serpentibus ātrīs [...].",
          "translation": "… or [like] Agamemnon’s [son] Orestes, tormented onstage [by his dead] mother [who is] armed with torches and black snakes, ….\n(A poetic plural reference to theatrical performances of the tragedy.)",
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      "ipa": "[ˈʃɛː.na]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "scene"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Haitian Creole",
              "lang_code": "ht",
              "raw_tags": [
                "inherited",
                "inherited"
              ],
              "word": "sèn"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Dutch",
              "lang_code": "nl",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "scène"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Iranian Persian",
              "lang_code": "fa",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "roman": "sen",
              "word": "سِن"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Romanian",
              "lang_code": "ro",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "scenă"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Swedish",
              "lang_code": "sv",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "scen"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "scène"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Norman",
          "lang_code": "nrf",
          "word": "scène"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle French",
      "lang_code": "frm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "scene"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cena"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "сцена"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "scena"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "escena"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "grc:σκηνή",
        "id": "stage",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-der.\nAncient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ)bor.\nLatin scaena\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*(s)ḱeh₃-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"σκηνή\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"scaena\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-id=\"stage\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"scaena\" id=\"Latin:_stage\">",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "σκηνή"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-der.\nAncient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ)bor.\nLatin scaena\nFrom Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ). Seemingly with a hypercorrective /ae̯/ < /eː/ in reaction to an opposite trend (cf. haedus, saeta > ēdus, sēta).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scaenae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scaena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scaenae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scaenae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scaenārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "scaenārum",
          "scaenarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scaenae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scaenīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "scaenīs",
          "scaenis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scaenam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scaenās",
      "links": [
        [
          "scaenās",
          "scaenas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scaenā",
      "links": [
        [
          "scaenā",
          "scaena#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scaenīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "scaenīs",
          "scaenis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scaena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scaenae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scēna",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scaena<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "scaena f (genitive scaenae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scaena<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "… or [like] Agamemnon’s [son] Orestes, tormented onstage [by his dead] mother [who is] armed with torches and black snakes, ….\n(A poetic plural reference to theatrical performances of the tragedy.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.471–472",
          "text": "[...] aut Agamemnonius scēnīs agitātus Orestēs\narmātam facibus mātrem et serpentibus ātrīs [...].",
          "translation": "… or [like] Agamemnon’s [son] Orestes, tormented onstage [by his dead] mother [who is] armed with torches and black snakes, ….\n(A poetic plural reference to theatrical performances of the tragedy.)",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Obscaenum ‘foul’ is said from scaena ‘stage’; this word Accius writes scena, like the Greeks.",
          "ref": "116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De lingua Latina 7.96",
          "text": "“Obscaenum” dictum ab “scaena”; eam, ut Graeci, Accius scribit “scena”.",
          "translation": "Obscaenum ‘foul’ is said from scaena ‘stage’; this word Accius writes scena, like the Greeks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stage",
          "stage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "scene"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scene",
          "scene"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "theatre"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "theatre",
          "theatre"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Further on [there is] a backdrop with waving woods above; a dark forest overhanging and trembling with shade.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.164–165",
          "roman": "dēsuper; horrentīque ātrum nemus imminet umbrā.",
          "text": "[...] tum silvīs scēna coruscīs",
          "translation": "Further on [there is] a backdrop with waving woods above; a dark forest overhanging and trembling with shade.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "natural scenery, background, backdrop"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scenery",
          "scenery"
        ],
        [
          "background",
          "background"
        ],
        [
          "backdrop",
          "backdrop"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred) natural scenery, background, backdrop"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "publicity, the public eye"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "publicity",
          "publicity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "euphemism for death with dēcēdo"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dēcēdo",
          "decedo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskae̯.na]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃɛː.na]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scaena"
}

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