προσκήνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πρό (pró, “before”) + σκηνή (skēnḗ, “tent, stage”) + -ιον (-ion).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pros.kɛ̌ː.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /prosˈke̝.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /prosˈci.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /prosˈci.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /prosˈci.ni.on/
Noun
προσκήνῐον • (proskḗnion) n (genitive προσκηνῐ́ου); second declension
- the forepart or entrance of a tent
- Septuagint, Judith 10.22
- proscenium
- Polybius, The Histories 30.13
- a stage curtain
- Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 536A
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ προσκήνῐον; τοῦ προσκηνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ προσκήνῐον tò proskḗnion | τὼ προσκηνῐ́ω tṑ proskēníō | τᾰ̀ προσκήνῐᾰ tà proskḗnia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ προσκηνῐ́ου toû proskēníou | τοῖν προσκηνῐ́οιν toîn proskēníoin | τῶν προσκηνῐ́ων tôn proskēníōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ προσκηνῐ́ῳ tôi proskēníōi | τοῖν προσκηνῐ́οιν toîn proskēníoin | τοῖς προσκηνῐ́οις toîs proskēníois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ προσκήνῐον tò proskḗnion | τὼ προσκηνῐ́ω tṑ proskēníō | τᾰ̀ προσκήνῐᾰ tà proskḗnia | ||||||||||
Vocative | προσκήνῐον proskḗnion | προσκηνῐ́ω proskēníō | προσκήνῐᾰ proskḗnia | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (proscenium): λογεῖον (logeîon)
Descendants
- Greek: προσκήνιο (proskínio)
- → Latin: proscēnium
Further reading
- “προσκήνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- προσκήνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette