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scaenarium

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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]

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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