parascenium

English

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

parascenium (plural parascenia)

1. (Ancient Greece, theater) One of two apartments adjoining the ancient stage, probably used as dressing rooms.

Related terms

• proscenium

References

• “parascenium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.