σκηνή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σκη (skē) + -νή (-nḗ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skɛː.nɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ske̝ˈne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sciˈni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sciˈni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sciˈni/
Noun
σκηνή • (skēnḗ) f (genitive σκηνῆς); first declension
- tent
- (theater) stage
Inflection
First declension of ἡ σκηνή; τῆς σκηνῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σκηνή hē skēnḗ | τὼ σκηνᾱ́ tṑ skēnā́ | αἱ σκηναί hai skēnaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σκηνῆς tês skēnês | τοῖν σκηναῖν toîn skēnaîn | τῶν σκηνῶν tôn skēnôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σκηνῇ têi skēnêi | τοῖν σκηναῖν toîn skēnaîn | ταῖς σκηναῖς taîs skēnaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σκηνήν tḕn skēnḗn | τὼ σκηνᾱ́ tṑ skēnā́ | τᾱ̀ς σκηνᾱ́ς tā̀s skēnā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | σκηνή skēnḗ | σκηνᾱ́ skēnā́ | σκηναί skēnaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- προσκήνιον (proskḗnion)
- σκηνέω (skēnéō)
- σκηνικός (skēnikós)
- σκηνίτης (skēnítēs)
- σκηνοβατέω (skēnobatéō)
- σκηνογράφος (skēnográphos)
- σκηνοθήκη (skēnothḗkē)
- σκηνοπηγία (skēnopēgía)
- σκηνοποιός (skēnopoiós)
- σκηνορράφος (skēnorrháphos)
- σκηνοφῠ́λᾰξ (skēnophúlax)
- σκήνωσις (skḗnōsis)
Descendants
- → Coptic: ⲥⲕⲩⲛⲏ (skunē)
- → English: skene
- Greek: σκηνή (skiní)
- → Latin: scēna, scaena
- Catalan: escena
- → German: Szene
- → Russian: сцена (scena)
- Italian: scena
- → English: scena
- Middle French: scene
- → English: scene
- French: scène
- → Dutch: scène
- Norman: scène
- Portuguese: cena
- Romanian: scenă
- → Serbo-Croatian: сцена, scena
- Spanish: escena
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1349
Further reading
- “σκηνή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκηνή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G4633 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- booth idem, page 89.
- cabin idem, page 108.
- canopy idem, page 111.
- canvas idem, page 111.
- dwelling idem, page 257.
- hut idem, page 412.
- pavilion idem, page 599.
- scene idem, page 738.
- scenery idem, page 738.
- shanty idem, page 762.
- stage idem, page 808.
- temple idem, page 860.
- tent idem, page 862.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “theatre stage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sciˈni]
- Homophone: σκοινί (skoiní)
Noun
σκηνή • (skiní) f (plural σκηνές)
- (Ancient Greek theatre) skene
- (theater) scene, stage
- tent
- Synonym: τέντα (ténta)
Declension
declension of σκηνή
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | σκηνή • | σκηνές • |
genitive | σκηνής • | σκηνών • |
accusative | σκηνή • | σκηνές • |
vocative | σκηνή • | σκηνές • |
Related terms
- αντίσκηνο n (antískino, “small tent, bivvy”)
- σκηνικό n (skinikó, “scenery, scene”)
- σκηνικός (skinikós, “stage, scene”, adjective)