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προσκήνιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: προσκήνιον προσκηνίου

Structure: προσκηνι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. the forepart or entrance of a tent
  2. proscenium
  3. a stage curtain

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐν μέσῳ δὲ τούτων τὰσ ἐκκλησίασ ἦγον, οὔτε παστάδων οὐσῶν οὔτε ἄλλησ τινὸσ κατασκευῆσ, οὐθὲν γάρ ᾤετο ταῦτα πρὸσ εὐβουλίαν εἶναι, μᾶλλον δὲ βλάπτειν, φλυαρώδεισ ἀπεργαζόμενα καὶ χαύνουσ φρονήματι κενῷ τὰσ διανοίασ τῶν συμπορευομένων, ὅταν εἰσ ἀγάλματα καὶ γραφὰσ ἢ προσκήνια θεάτρων ἢ στέγασ βουλευτηρίων ἠσκημένασ περιττῶσ ἐκκλησιάζοντεσ ἀποβλέπωσι. (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 6 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. a stage curtain

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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