Latin

Alternative forms

• scēna

Noun

scaena f ‎(genitive scaenae); first declension

1. stage
2. scene
3. theatre
4. natural background
5. publicity, the public eye
6. vocative singular of scaena
7. Euphemism for death with decedo

scaenā f

1. ablative singular of scaena

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• Catalan: escena
• English: scene
• French: scène
• Italian: scena
• Portuguese: cena
• Russian: сцена ‎(scena)
• Spanish: escena

References

• scaena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scaena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “scaena”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to introduce a character on the stage: in scaenam producere aliquem
    
  • to come upon the stage: in scaenam prodire
    
  • to reappear on the stage: in scaenam redire
    
  • to retire from the stage: de scaena decedere
    
  • to bring a thing upon the stage: in scaenam aliquid inducere