, σκηνή.—In
a theatre, the stage, boards, scene: hoc videbit in scaena: scaenae
magnificentia: Vel scaena ut versis discedat frontibus, V.: columnas excidunt, scaenis decora alta futuris, a theatre, V.:
scaenis agitatus Orestes, i. e. in tragedies, V.:
tum silvis scaena coruscis, etc., i. e. an open space
surrounded by the wood, V.—Fig., the public stage, public, publicity: quia maxima oratori quasi scaena videtur contio esse: quae si
minus in scenā sunt, i. e. in public view: se a volgo et
scaenā in secreta remorant Virtus, etc., H.—Prov.:
tibi scenae serviendum est, i. e. keep yourself in public view.—A pretence,
parade, pretext: scaenam ultro criminis parat, Ta.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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