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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

  • καὶ ἀνήγγειλαν αὐτῷ περὶ αὐτῆσ, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰσ τὸ προσκήνιον, καὶ λαμπάδεσ ἀργυραῖ προάγουσαι αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 10:22)
  • "ἧσ ἐν τῷ καταντικρὺ τῆσ πρῴρασ μέρει προπύλαιον κατεσκεύαστο δι’ ἐλέφαντοσ καὶ τῆσ πολυτελεστάτησ ὕλησ γεγονόσ, τοῦτο δὲ διελθοῦσιν ὡσανεὶ προσκήνιον ἐπεποίητο τῇ διαθέσει κατάστεγον ὄν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 3723)
  • "τούτουσ οὖν στήσασ ἐπὶ τὸ προσκήνιον μετὰ τοῦ χοροῦ αὐλεῖν ἐκέλευσεν ἅμα πάντασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 4 1:3)
  • "προσκήνιον, φησίν, ἐπεκαλεῖτο ἡ Νάννιον, ὅτι πρόσωπόν τε ἀστεῖον εἶχε καὶ ἐχρῆτο χρυσίοισ καὶ ἱματίοισ πολυτελέσι, ἐκδῦσα δὲ ἦν αἰσχροτάτη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 51 3:3)
  • καὶ χαλκοῦν Ἀλέξανδρον ἐν Πέλλῃ βουλόμενον ποιῆσαι τὸ προσκήνιον οὐκ εἰάσεν ὁ τεχνίτησ, ὡσ διαφθεροῦντα τῶν ὑποκριτῶν τὴν φωνήν· (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 13 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. a stage curtain

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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