scaenicus
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈskae̯.nɪ.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈʃɛː.ni.kus]
Adjective
scaenicus (feminine scaenica, neuter scaenicum); first/second-declension adjective
- alternative form of scēnicus ("of or pertaining to the stage", "theatrical"), showing an early example of hypercorrectism of /ɛː/ to /ae/.[1]
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | scaenicus | scaenica | scaenicum | scaenicī | scaenicae | scaenica | |
| genitive | scaenicī | scaenicae | scaenicī | scaenicōrum | scaenicārum | scaenicōrum | |
| dative | scaenicō | scaenicae | scaenicō | scaenicīs | |||
| accusative | scaenicum | scaenicam | scaenicum | scaenicōs | scaenicās | scaenica | |
| ablative | scaenicō | scaenicā | scaenicō | scaenicīs | |||
| vocative | scaenice | scaenica | scaenicum | scaenicī | scaenicae | scaenica | |
Notes
- ^ Calabrese, Andrea (2005). “On the evolution of the short high vowels of Latin into Romance” (PDF). A View from Arjona. University of Connecticut Working Papers in Linguistics. 13: 69. doi:10.1075/cilt.244.08cal. Retrieved 2024-11-16.