προσκήνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρό (pró, “before”) +‎ σκηνή (skēnḗ, “tent, stage”) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pros.kɛ̌ː.ni.on/ → /prosˈci.ni.on/ → /prosˈci.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pros.kɛ̌ː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /prosˈke̝.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /prosˈci.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /prosˈci.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /prosˈci.ni.on/

Noun

προσκήνῐον • (proskḗnion) n (genitive προσκηνῐ́ου); second declension

1. the forepart or entrance of a tent
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Judith 10.22
2. proscenium
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 30.13
   1. a stage curtain
      • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 536A

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ προσκήνῐον; τοῦ προσκηνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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