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 • (proskḗnĭon) 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 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 tôi 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
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