Sceniten.adj.

Brit.

/ˈsiːnʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈsiˌnaɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Scēnītes.

Etymology: < classical Latin Scēnītes (Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek σκηνίτης < ancient Greek σκηνή tent (see scene n.) + -ίτης -ite suffix¹. Compare Middle French scenite, adjective (1552 or earlier) and noun (1559 or earlier).

A. n.

A person (typically a nomad) who lives in a tent; esp. a nomadic Arab; a Bedouin. Now rare (historical in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [noun]

nomadesa1544

Scenite1575

nomad1587

horde1617

nomade1798

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > dweller in tent

lodgera1300

Scenite1575

tenter1846

camper1856

tent-man1880

1575 T. Newton tr. C. A. Curione Notable Hist. Saracens i. f. 3^v He was taken prisoner of the Scenites [L. ab Scenitis], which were..the fiercest and warlickest people in all that Countrey.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiii. iv. 386 K. Iuba maketh greatest account of those [dates] which the region of the Scenites in Arabia [Fr. la regions des Arabes Scenites] doth yeeld.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 678 The Arabian Scenites neuer eate hereof [sc. Cowes flesh or Swines flesh].

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. i. 10 The Sabean Arabs, like all other Nomades, or Scenites, adher'd to the Customs and Way of living they, and their Ancestors, had been inur'd to, ranging about with Tents, Families and Droves.

1794 Analyt. Rev. Apr. 361 The scots were named wanderers..merely from their unsettled manner of living. They were the scenites or bedouins of the time.

1830 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 2 i. 111 Many of the Scenites had huts on wagons..in the patriarchal times of the Hebrews. Jacob was decidedly a Scenite, but had huts or booths for his cattle.

1996 Jrnl. Near Eastern Stud. 55 123 Theophanes comments that the island of Iotabê in the Red Sea had at one time produced considerable tax revenues for the Roman emperor before its occupations by the Scenites.

B. adj.

That lives in a tent, tent-dwelling, nomadic; relating to this way of life; esp. designating a nomadic Arab; Bedouin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Arabia > [adjective]

Scenite1600

Arabic1611

Howeitat1838

Bedouin1844

Sherari1888

Rwala1918

Bedu1959

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a way of life

wanderingc1400

walking1491

vagrant1546

unsettled1593

Scenite1600

irresianta1657

nomad1798

nomadical1801

seatless1807

nomadic1818

nomade1819

semi-nomadic1843

nomad-pastoral1880

semi-nomad1948

1600 J. Pory in tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. 380 The Scenite Arabians, accustomed to rob, and runne all ouer the countrie, tooke him prisoner.

1728 J. Morgan Hist. Barbary Epitomiz'd in Compl. Hist. Algiers I. 9 All that follow the Scenite Way of Life, are sworn Enemies to fix'd Habitations.

1741 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 4) at Ambulatory The itinerant or scenite life is the life of nature.

1844 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 13 ii. 572 There was a Boodhism that was Troglodyte and a Boodhism that was Scenite.

1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. II. App. ix. 370 A scenite breeder of cattle.

1862 Brit. Q. Rev. Oct. 286 Döllinger..mentions Porphyry and Eusibius as authorities for the statement that the Scenite Arabs ‘annually sacrificed a boy’ to the same deity [sc. Dusares].

1928 Amer. Jrnl. Semitic Langs. & Lit. 45 70 A clear idea of the difference between camel-raising Saracen Bedouins and tent-dwelling (Scenite) Arabs.

2004 Greece & Rome 51 194 (note) Tents of Scenite Arabs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scenite
释义	Sceniten.adj. Brit. /ˈsiːnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈsiˌnaɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Scēnītes. Etymology: < classical Latin Scēnītes (Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek σκηνίτης < ancient Greek σκηνή tent (see scene n.) + -ίτης -ite suffix¹. Compare Middle French scenite, adjective (1552 or earlier) and noun (1559 or earlier). A. n. A person (typically a nomad) who lives in a tent; esp. a nomadic Arab; a Bedouin. Now rare (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [noun] nomadesa1544 Scenite1575 nomad1587 horde1617 nomade1798 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > dweller in tent lodgera1300 Scenite1575 tenter1846 camper1856 tent-man1880 1575 T. Newton tr. C. A. Curione Notable Hist. Saracens i. f. 3^v He was taken prisoner of the Scenites [L. ab Scenitis], which were..the fiercest and warlickest people in all that Countrey. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiii. iv. 386 K. Iuba maketh greatest account of those [dates] which the region of the Scenites in Arabia [Fr. la regions des Arabes Scenites] doth yeeld. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 678 The Arabian Scenites neuer eate hereof [sc. Cowes flesh or Swines flesh]. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. i. 10 The Sabean Arabs, like all other Nomades, or Scenites, adher'd to the Customs and Way of living they, and their Ancestors, had been inur'd to, ranging about with Tents, Families and Droves. 1794 Analyt. Rev. Apr. 361 The scots were named wanderers..merely from their unsettled manner of living. They were the scenites or bedouins of the time. 1830 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 2 i. 111 Many of the Scenites had huts on wagons..in the patriarchal times of the Hebrews. Jacob was decidedly a Scenite, but had huts or booths for his cattle. 1996 Jrnl. Near Eastern Stud. 55 123 Theophanes comments that the island of Iotabê in the Red Sea had at one time produced considerable tax revenues for the Roman emperor before its occupations by the Scenites. B. adj. That lives in a tent, tent-dwelling, nomadic; relating to this way of life; esp. designating a nomadic Arab; Bedouin. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Arabia > [adjective] Scenite1600 Arabic1611 Howeitat1838 Bedouin1844 Sherari1888 Rwala1918 Bedu1959 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a way of life wanderingc1400 walking1491 vagrant1546 unsettled1593 Scenite1600 irresianta1657 nomad1798 nomadical1801 seatless1807 nomadic1818 nomade1819 semi-nomadic1843 nomad-pastoral1880 semi-nomad1948 1600 J. Pory in tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. 380 The Scenite Arabians, accustomed to rob, and runne all ouer the countrie, tooke him prisoner. 1728 J. Morgan Hist. Barbary Epitomiz'd in Compl. Hist. Algiers I. 9 All that follow the Scenite Way of Life, are sworn Enemies to fix'd Habitations. 1741 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 4) at Ambulatory The itinerant or scenite life is the life of nature. 1844 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 13 ii. 572 There was a Boodhism that was Troglodyte and a Boodhism that was Scenite. 1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. II. App. ix. 370 A scenite breeder of cattle. 1862 Brit. Q. Rev. Oct. 286 Döllinger..mentions Porphyry and Eusibius as authorities for the statement that the Scenite Arabs ‘annually sacrificed a boy’ to the same deity [sc. Dusares]. 1928 Amer. Jrnl. Semitic Langs. & Lit. 45 70 A clear idea of the difference between camel-raising Saracen Bedouins and tent-dwelling (Scenite) Arabs. 2004 Greece & Rome 51 194 (note) Tents of Scenite Arabs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1575
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