scaenĭcē

scaenĭcus ( scen-), a, um, adj., = skênikos, of or belonging to the stage, scenic, dramatic, theatrical (class.).

Lit.:

poëtae,

dramatic poets, Varr. L. L. 9, § 17 Müll.:

artifices,

players, actors, Cic. Arch. 5, 10; Suet. Caes. 84:

actores,

Quint. 6, 1, 26; 11, 3, 4: ludi, stage-plays, theatrical representations, in a gen. sense (opp. to games of wrestling, racing, etc.), Liv. 7, 2; 31, 4; 34, 54; Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 37; Suet. Calig. 26; id. Ner. 11; cf.

operae (with gladiatoriae),

id. Aug. 43:

fabula,

a drama, Amm. 28, 1, 4:

organa,

Suet. Ner. 44:

coronae,

id. ib. 53:

habitus,

id. ib. 38:

gestus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220:

modulatio,

Quint. 11, 3, 57:

venustas,

Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 30:

decor quidam,

Quint. 2, 10, 13:

dicacitas (with scurrilis),

id. 6, 3, 29:

fortuna dubia, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 8: adulteria,

represented on the stage, Ov. Tr. 2, 514.—In the neutr.:

quin etiam, quod est inprimis frivolum ac scaenicum, verbum petant (declamatores), quo incipiant,

Quint. 10, 7, 21:

nihil scaenicum apud Graecos pudori est,

Liv. 24, 24; cf., with a subject-clause:

complodere manus scaenicum est et pectus caedere,

Quint. 11, 3, 123.—

scaē-nĭcus, i, m., a player, actor, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114:

orator plurimum aberit a scaenico (with comoedi),

Quint. 1, 11, 3; Suet. Ner. 42 fin. — Plur., Cic. Planc. 12, 30; id. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 184; Quint. 11, 3, 158; Suet. Tib. 34; id. Ner. 11; 21 et saep.—As a term of reproach applied to Nero (on account of his passion for the stage), a stage-hero, Tac. A. 15, 59.—

scaenĭca, ae, f., a female player, an actress, Cod. Just. 5, 27, 1; Ambros. Obit. Valent. § 17.—

Transf. (opp. to real, true, actual), fictitious, pretended:

populus Romanus, invictus a veris regibus, ab illo imaginario et scaenico rege (sc. Andrisco) superatur,

by that theatrical king, Flor. 2, 14, 4.—

* Adv.: scaenĭcē, theatrically, after the manner of players:

cum aliqua velut scaenice fiunt,

Quint. 6, 1, 38.

scaenĭcus ( scen-), a, um, adj., = skênikos, of or belonging to the stage, scenic, dramatic, theatrical (class.).

Lit.:

poëtae,

dramatic poets, Varr. L. L. 9, § 17 Müll.:

artifices,

players, actors, Cic. Arch. 5, 10; Suet. Caes. 84:

actores,

Quint. 6, 1, 26; 11, 3, 4: ludi, stage-plays, theatrical representations, in a gen. sense (opp. to games of wrestling, racing, etc.), Liv. 7, 2; 31, 4; 34, 54; Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 37; Suet. Calig. 26; id. Ner. 11; cf.

operae (with gladiatoriae),

id. Aug. 43:

fabula,

a drama, Amm. 28, 1, 4:

organa,

Suet. Ner. 44:

coronae,

id. ib. 53:

habitus,

id. ib. 38:

gestus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220:

modulatio,

Quint. 11, 3, 57:

venustas,

Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 30:

decor quidam,

Quint. 2, 10, 13:

dicacitas (with scurrilis),

id. 6, 3, 29:

fortuna dubia, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 8: adulteria,

represented on the stage, Ov. Tr. 2, 514.—In the neutr.:

quin etiam, quod est inprimis frivolum ac scaenicum, verbum petant (declamatores), quo incipiant,

Quint. 10, 7, 21:

nihil scaenicum apud Graecos pudori est,

Liv. 24, 24; cf., with a subject-clause:

complodere manus scaenicum est et pectus caedere,

Quint. 11, 3, 123.—

scaē-nĭcus, i, m., a player, actor, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114:

orator plurimum aberit a scaenico (with comoedi),

Quint. 1, 11, 3; Suet. Ner. 42 fin. — Plur., Cic. Planc. 12, 30; id. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 184; Quint. 11, 3, 158; Suet. Tib. 34; id. Ner. 11; 21 et saep.—As a term of reproach applied to Nero (on account of his passion for the stage), a stage-hero, Tac. A. 15, 59.—

scaenĭca, ae, f., a female player, an actress, Cod. Just. 5, 27, 1; Ambros. Obit. Valent. § 17.—

Transf. (opp. to real, true, actual), fictitious, pretended:

populus Romanus, invictus a veris regibus, ab illo imaginario et scaenico rege (sc. Andrisco) superatur,

by that theatrical king, Flor. 2, 14, 4.—

* Adv.: scaenĭcē, theatrically, after the manner of players:

cum aliqua velut scaenice fiunt,

Quint. 6, 1, 38.

scaenĭcus ( scen-), a, um, adj., = skênikos, of or belonging to the stage, scenic, dramatic, theatrical (class.).

Lit.:

poëtae,

dramatic poets, Varr. L. L. 9, § 17 Müll.:

artifices,

players, actors, Cic. Arch. 5, 10; Suet. Caes. 84:

actores,

Quint. 6, 1, 26; 11, 3, 4: ludi, stage-plays, theatrical representations, in a gen. sense (opp. to games of wrestling, racing, etc.), Liv. 7, 2; 31, 4; 34, 54; Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 37; Suet. Calig. 26; id. Ner. 11; cf.

operae (with gladiatoriae),

id. Aug. 43:

fabula,

a drama, Amm. 28, 1, 4:

organa,

Suet. Ner. 44:

coronae,

id. ib. 53:

habitus,

id. ib. 38:

gestus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220:

modulatio,

Quint. 11, 3, 57:

venustas,

Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 30:

decor quidam,

Quint. 2, 10, 13:

dicacitas (with scurrilis),

id. 6, 3, 29:

fortuna dubia, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 8: adulteria,

represented on the stage, Ov. Tr. 2, 514.—In the neutr.:

quin etiam, quod est inprimis frivolum ac scaenicum, verbum petant (declamatores), quo incipiant,

Quint. 10, 7, 21:

nihil scaenicum apud Graecos pudori est,

Liv. 24, 24; cf., with a subject-clause:

complodere manus scaenicum est et pectus caedere,

Quint. 11, 3, 123.—

scaē-nĭcus, i, m., a player, actor, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114:

orator plurimum aberit a scaenico (with comoedi),

Quint. 1, 11, 3; Suet. Ner. 42 fin. — Plur., Cic. Planc. 12, 30; id. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 184; Quint. 11, 3, 158; Suet. Tib. 34; id. Ner. 11; 21 et saep.—As a term of reproach applied to Nero (on account of his passion for the stage), a stage-hero, Tac. A. 15, 59.—

scaenĭca, ae, f., a female player, an actress, Cod. Just. 5, 27, 1; Ambros. Obit. Valent. § 17.—

Transf. (opp. to real, true, actual), fictitious, pretended:

populus Romanus, invictus a veris regibus, ab illo imaginario et scaenico rege (sc. Andrisco) superatur,

by that theatrical king, Flor. 2, 14, 4.—

* Adv.: scaenĭcē, theatrically, after the manner of players:

cum aliqua velut scaenice fiunt,

Quint. 6, 1, 38.