scenicus

Latin

Alternative forms

• scaenicus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκηνικός (skēnikós, “theatrical”), from σκηνή (skēnḗ, “stage”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈske.ni.kus/, [ˈs̠kɛnɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃe.ni.kus/, [ˈʃɛːnikus]

Adjective

scēnicus (feminine scēnica, neuter scēnicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to the stage, theatrical, dramatic, scenic.
2. (by extension) Fictitious, pretended; melodramatic.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	scēnicus	scēnica	scēnicum		scēnicī	scēnicae	scēnica
genitive	scēnicī	scēnicae	scēnicī		scēnicōrum	scēnicārum	scēnicōrum
dative	scēnicō	scēnicae	scēnicō		scēnicīs
accusative	scēnicum	scēnicam	scēnicum		scēnicōs	scēnicās	scēnica
ablative	scēnicō	scēnicā	scēnicō		scēnicīs
vocative	scēnice	scēnica	scēnicum		scēnicī	scēnicae	scēnica

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to the stage): scēnālis, scēnārius, scēnātilis
• (fictitious): fictus
• (player, actor): āctor, histriō, scēnāticus

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “fictitious, pretended”): reālis, vērus

Derived terms

• scēnica
• scēnicē

Related terms

• scēna
• scēnālis
• scēnārius
• scēnāticus
• scēnātilis
• scēnographia

Descendants

• Catalan: escènic
• English: scenic
• French: scénique
• Italian: scenico
• Portuguese: cénico, cênico (Brazil), scénico, scenico (pre-reform)
• Romanian: scenic
• Spanish: escénico

Noun

scēnicus m (genitive scēnicī, feminine scēnica); second declension

1. A player, actor.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	scēnicus	scēnicī
genitive	scēnicī	scēnicōrum
dative	scēnicō	scēnicīs
accusative	scēnicum	scēnicōs
ablative	scēnicō	scēnicīs
vocative	scēnice	scēnicī

References

• “scenicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scenicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scenicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.