postscaenium
Latin
Alternative forms
- poscaenium
Etymology
From post- (“behind”) + scaena (“stage”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔs(ː)ˈkae̯.ni.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [post̪ˈʃɛː.ni.um]
Noun
postscaenium n (genitive postscaeniī or postscaenī); second declension
- backstage (hidden area for the use of performers)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | postscaenium | postscaenia |
| genitive | postscaeniī postscaenī1 |
postscaeniōrum |
| dative | postscaeniō | postscaeniīs |
| accusative | postscaenium | postscaenia |
| ablative | postscaeniō | postscaeniīs |
| vocative | postscaenium | postscaenia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- → English: postscenium
- → French: postscénium
- → Romanian: postscenium
References
- “postscaenium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- postscaenium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.