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Webster 1913 Edition
Proscenium
Pro-sce′ni-um
,Noun.
pl.
Proscenia
(#)
. [L., fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] before + [GREEK] a tent, a wooden stage, the stage. See
Scene
.] 1.
(Anc. Theater)
The part where the actors performed; the stage.
2.
(Modern Theater)
The part of the stage in front of the curtain; sometimes, the curtain and its framework.
Definition 2024
proscenium
proscenium
English
Alternative forms
Noun
proscenium (plural prosceniums or proscenia)
- (in a modern theater) The stage area between the curtain and the orchestra.
- (in an ancient theater) The stage area immediately in front of the scene building.
- (in an ancient theater) The row of columns at the front the scene building, at first directly behind the circular orchestra but later upon a stage.
- 1936, Roy C. Flickinger, The Greek Theater and Its Drama, 4th edition, page 58
- The front of the scene-building and of the parascenia came to be decorated with a row of columns, the proscenium (πρό, "before"+σκηνή).
- 1936, Roy C. Flickinger, The Greek Theater and Its Drama, 4th edition, page 58
- A proscenium arch.
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Translations
modern theatre: stage area between the curtain and the orchestra
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ancient theatre: stage area immediately in front of the scene building
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ancient theatre: row of columns at the front the scene building
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proscenium arch — see proscenium arch
Danish
Noun
proscenium n (singular definite prosceniet, plural indefinite proscenier)
Inflection
Inflection of proscenium
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| nominative | proscenium | prosceniet | proscenier | proscenierne |
| genitive | prosceniums | prosceniets | prosceniers | prosceniernes |