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 • (proskḗnĭon) n (genitive προσκηνῐ́ου); second declension
- the forepart or entrance of a tent
- proscenium
- a stage curtain
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ προσκήνῐον tò proskḗnĭon |
τὼ προσκηνῐ́ω tṑ proskēnĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ προσκήνῐᾰ tằ proskḗnĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ προσκηνῐ́ου toû proskēnĭ́ou |
τοῖν προσκηνῐ́οιν toîn proskēnĭ́oin |
τῶν προσκηνῐ́ων tôn proskēnĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ προσκηνῐ́ῳ tōî proskēnĭ́ōi |
τοῖν προσκηνῐ́οιν toîn proskēnĭ́oin |
τοῖς προσκηνῐ́οις toîs proskēnĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ προσκήνῐον tò proskḗnĭon |
τὼ προσκηνῐ́ω tṑ proskēnĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ προσκήνῐᾰ tằ proskḗnĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | προσκήνῐον proskḗnĭon |
προσκηνῐ́ω proskēnĭ́ō |
προσκήνῐᾰ proskḗnĭă | ||||||||||
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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