scaenarium

Forms

scaenārium n (genitive scaenāriī or scaenārī); second declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin scaena + -ārium.^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is known from a single inscription,^[1][2] which names it beside a council house and a record office among works whose building was seen to, apparently meaning a place where stages are set up.^[1]

Semantic evolution

The OLD hedges its meaning as “apparently” a place where stages are erected;^[1] Gaffiot renders it as the place of the stage, the scene.^[2]

Conte gives it as the Latin source of Italian scenario,^[3] which Etymonline traces through Late Latin scenarius instead.^[4] English borrowed scenario from Italian in 1868.^[4]

Timeline

• 1868 – English borrows scenario from Italian.^[4]

Meanings

Noun

1. A place where stages are erected (meaning not certain).^[1]
2. The place of the stage, scene.^[2]

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
2. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
3. ^ Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
4. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com