postscaenium

Latin

Alternative forms

• poscaenium

Etymology

From post- (“behind”) +‎ scaena (“stage”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɔs(ː)ˈkae̯.ni.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [postˈʃɛː.ni.um]

Noun

postscaenium n (genitive postscaeniī or postscaenī); second declension

1. backstage (hidden area for the use of performers)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	postscaenium	postscaenia
genitive	postscaeniī postscaenī1	postscaeniōrum
dative	postscaeniō	postscaeniīs
accusative	postscaenium	postscaenia
ablative	postscaeniō	postscaeniīs
vocative	postscaenium	postscaenia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → English: postscenium
• → French: postscénium
• → Romanian: postscenium

References

• “postscaenium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “postscaenium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.