scenicus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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.
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