skenen.¹

Brit.

/ˈskiː(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈski(ə)n/, Irish English

/ˈskiː(ə)n/, Scottish English /ˈski(ə)n/

Forms: α. 1500s–1600s skayne (1500s scayne), skaine, 1700s skane. β. 1500s–1600s (1800s) skeyne, 1500s skeyn, 1500s–1600s skeine, 1600s– skein. γ. 1500s–1600s, 1800s skene (1600s skine), 1600s–1700s skeen (1600s skeene), 1800s skien. δ. 1500s–1600s skeane, 1500s– skean. ε. 1700s–1800s skian.

Etymology: < Irish (and Scottish) Gaelic scian, sgian (genitive sceine, scine) knife (compare Welsh ysgien). The α and β forms probably represent the Gaelic ones with ei, and the others those with ia or i.

Now Historical or archaic.

A form of knife or dagger, in former times one of the chief weapons of the Irish kerns, and also in use among the Scottish Highlanders.The word was also loosely applied by writers of the 16th and 17th centuries to a dagger or small sword of any kind.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of

anlacec1300

misericord1324

bodkin1386

baselardc1390

popperc1390

wood-knife1426

spudc1440

pavade1477

bistoury1490

skene1527

dudgeon1548

sword dagger1567

machete1575

kris1589

bum dagger1596

stillado1607

stiletto1611

steelet1616

hanjar1621

pisaa1640

jockteleg1642

khanjar1684

bayonet1692

kuttar1696

parazonium1751

skene-ochles1754

scalping-knife1759

snick-a-snee1760

manchette1762

snickersnee1775

guard-dagger1786

boarding knife1807

scalp-knife1807

kukri1811

skene-dhu1811

parang1820

stylet1820

belt knife1831

bowie-knife1836

scalper1837

sheath-knife1837

toothpick1837

tumbok lada1839

snick-and-snee knife1843

tickler1844

bowie1846

toad-sticker1858

simi1860

scramasax1862

kinjal1863

left-hander1869

main gauche1869

aikuchi1875

tanto1885

toad-stabber1885

cinquedea1897

trench knife1898

puukko1925

panga1929

quillon dagger1950

flick-knife1957

ratchet knife1966

sai1973

ratchet1975

α.

1527 Will of William Bolde (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/22) f. 80 My blak sattyn doblet, my skayne, & a paire of blak hoses.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lx .xvi. hundreth Ireshmen armed in mayle with dartes and skaynes after the maner of their countrey.

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) v. f. 59 Persey thrust him through the heart with Hermes hooked skaine.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxii. xlviii. 461 Short daggers or skaines hidden under their cuirasse and harnesse.

1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxii. 61 For their weapons [they] had but Irish Skaines and Darts.

1735 J. Ferguson Let. 18 Feb. in Philos. Trans. 1737–8 (Royal Soc.) (1741) 40 426 I was called to Thomas Conway, who had received a Wound with a Skane or great Knife.

β. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 271/1 Skeyne a knyfe.1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces iii. sig. R.2 Therof rose bearyng of skeynes & murdrers.1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xviii. 42/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The bill against the spar, and the sword against the skeine.1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 431 A certaine shag-haired fellow..drawing out his skeine or short curtle~axe.a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Kent 74 To him all the Irish Nobility made their solemn submission..laying aside their Girdles, Skeines and Caps.1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 828 The Irish were armed only with darts and skeins.1853 C. M. Yonge Cameos xxv, in Monthly Packet Nov. 328 Melachlin sent with her..sixteen young men armed with skeynes, or long knives.1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church in Church Bells Devon vii. 181 They were found in a bog..along with a variety of skeynes, celts,..and other relics of antiquity.γ. ?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. A4^v Against the light foote Irish haue I serued, And in my skinne beare tokens of their skenes.1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars Annot. 15 Caivs..was stabbed treacherously with a knife or short skeene.1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. xiii. 79 Whereupon with their skenes they instantly murdered him in the place.?1678 Humble Remonstr. Eng. Protestants 10 They kill'd poor Infants,..tossing some upon their Swords, Skeens, and other Instruments of Cruelty.1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. ix. 34 Poinadoes, Skenes, Penknives, Puncheons.1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. v. 126 A stout soldier before he was so mangled by the skenes of the Irish clan MacDonough.1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. iv. 133 Their black skenes and light darts were no match for the Danish swords and battle-axes.1895 H. Maxwell Duke of Brit. viii. 106 A short skene in his belt.δ. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 37 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) He..may under his mantle goe privily armed,..carry his headpeece, his skean, or pistol if he please.1600 P. Holland tr. Florus Breviaries vii, in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 249 The young man..drew his skeane and forced him to sweare unto him.1646 J. Vicars Burning-bush not Consumed 163 Inhumane Whores, with Skeans or long Irish knives about them.1690 J. Mackenzie Siege London-derry 2/2 Not only the Men, but the Women and Boys too began to furnish themselves with skeanes, and half-pikes.1735 J. Swift tr. H. MacGauran Irish-Feast in Wks. II. 297 They rise from their Feast, And hot are their Brains, A Cubit at least The Length of their Skeans.1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 156 The very women were exhorted by their spiritual directors to carry skeans.1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 275/1 The good claymores, the dirks, skeans, and pistols.ε. 1774 D. Graham Impartial Hist. Rebellion (ed. 3) v. 61 With durks and skians they fell a sticking.1878 A. Hume Antrim Dial. 23 (E.D.D.) There is no appearance of a skian or any other weapon.1897 A. Lang Pickle the Spy 6 Well knowing that the skian was sharpened for his throat if he were detected.

Compounds

skene-dhu n. [Gaelic sgian dubh black knife] a small dagger carried by Highlanders (now only as an ornament), frequently thrust into the stocking.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of

anlacec1300

misericord1324

bodkin1386

baselardc1390

popperc1390

wood-knife1426

spudc1440

pavade1477

bistoury1490

skene1527

dudgeon1548

sword dagger1567

machete1575

kris1589

bum dagger1596

stillado1607

stiletto1611

steelet1616

hanjar1621

pisaa1640

jockteleg1642

khanjar1684

bayonet1692

kuttar1696

parazonium1751

skene-ochles1754

scalping-knife1759

snick-a-snee1760

manchette1762

snickersnee1775

guard-dagger1786

boarding knife1807

scalp-knife1807

kukri1811

skene-dhu1811

parang1820

stylet1820

belt knife1831

bowie-knife1836

scalper1837

sheath-knife1837

toothpick1837

tumbok lada1839

snick-and-snee knife1843

tickler1844

bowie1846

toad-sticker1858

simi1860

scramasax1862

kinjal1863

left-hander1869

main gauche1869

aikuchi1875

tanto1885

toad-stabber1885

cinquedea1897

trench knife1898

puukko1925

panga1929

quillon dagger1950

flick-knife1957

ratchet knife1966

sai1973

ratchet1975

1811 W. Scott Let. 17 Dec. (1932) III. 37 A very formidable knife which when opened becomes a sort of Skene-dhu or dagger.

1874 R. St. J. Tyrwhitt Our Sketching Club 37 I..struck him [a deer] just right with the skean-dhu at the root of the neck.

1897 A. L. Humphreys Private Libr. (ed. 2) 16 Some employ mediaeval daggers, or skene dhus, but the edges spoil a book.

† skene-ochles n. Obsolete (also skene-occle, skene-ochil) [Gaelic achlais armpit] (see quot. 1754).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of

anlacec1300

misericord1324

bodkin1386

baselardc1390

popperc1390

wood-knife1426

spudc1440

pavade1477

bistoury1490

skene1527

dudgeon1548

sword dagger1567

machete1575

kris1589

bum dagger1596

stillado1607

stiletto1611

steelet1616

hanjar1621

pisaa1640

jockteleg1642

khanjar1684

bayonet1692

kuttar1696

parazonium1751

skene-ochles1754

scalping-knife1759

snick-a-snee1760

manchette1762

snickersnee1775

guard-dagger1786

boarding knife1807

scalp-knife1807

kukri1811

skene-dhu1811

parang1820

stylet1820

belt knife1831

bowie-knife1836

scalper1837

sheath-knife1837

toothpick1837

tumbok lada1839

snick-and-snee knife1843

tickler1844

bowie1846

toad-sticker1858

simi1860

scramasax1862

kinjal1863

left-hander1869

main gauche1869

aikuchi1875

tanto1885

toad-stabber1885

cinquedea1897

trench knife1898

puukko1925

panga1929

quillon dagger1950

flick-knife1957

ratchet knife1966

sai1973

ratchet1975

1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xxiii. 222 Some of them carry a Sort of Knife, which they call a Skeen-ocles, from its being conceal'd in the Sleeve near the Arm-pit.

1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vi. 105 Her ain sell..could..kittle his quarters wi' her skene-occle .

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 62 The skene-occle is an ugly weapon.

1829 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. xiii So saying, the beldam plunged a skeinochil into my breast.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

skenen.³

Brit.

/ˈskiːni/, U.S.

/ˈskini/

Inflections: Plural skenai Brit.

/ˈskiːnʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈskinaɪ/.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek σκηνή́.

Etymology: < ancient Greek σκηνή́ tent or booth, stage building as background for plays (see scene n.).In plural form skenai after the ancient Greek plural form.

A three-dimensional structure or building at the front of an ancient Greek theatre providing a background to the performance; a stage building. Also more fully skene building. Cf. scene n. 1.The skene appears to have originated as a wooden hut in which performers could change masks and in front of which the performance took place. It later developed into a permanent stone structure, often consisting of two storeys decorated with stone columns, and with one or more doors used for entrances and exits.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun] > ancient Greek or Roman > specific part

skene1828

1828 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 233/1 As to the skene..and its compartments, we shall give Mr. Donaldson's account in his own words.

1891 Athenaeum 25 July 139/2 After a short inspection it soon became apparent..that the proposed reconstruction of the skēne building was incorrect.

1899 P. Gardner in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 19 257 Agatharchus..could paint the front of the skênê to look like a palace with pillars and cornices.

1929 D. S. Robertson Handbk. Greek & Rom. Archit. xvi. 271 The Greek theatre, consisted..of two quite separate parts, a high auditorium..and a much lower stage-building, or skene.

1933 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 53 304/1 To this general type, Bulle assigns the skenai of Syracuse, Tyndaris, and many others.

1962 P. D. Arnott Greek Scenic Convent. 5th Cent. B.C. i. 5 A skene of some sort would have been needed by the actors, to serve as a changing room and provide a focal point for entrances.

2010 Hesperia 79 364 There is a rectangular orchestra with a beaten earth floor, sharply delineated on three sides by the cavea seats, and backed by a skene building..with openings for three doors.

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

单词	skene
释义	skenen.¹ Brit. /ˈskiː(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈski(ə)n/, Irish English /ˈskiː(ə)n/, Scottish English /ˈski(ə)n/ Forms: α. 1500s–1600s skayne (1500s scayne), skaine, 1700s skane. β. 1500s–1600s (1800s) skeyne, 1500s skeyn, 1500s–1600s skeine, 1600s– skein. γ. 1500s–1600s, 1800s skene (1600s skine), 1600s–1700s skeen (1600s skeene), 1800s skien. δ. 1500s–1600s skeane, 1500s– skean. ε. 1700s–1800s skian. Etymology: < Irish (and Scottish) Gaelic scian, sgian (genitive sceine, scine) knife (compare Welsh ysgien). The α and β forms probably represent the Gaelic ones with ei, and the others those with ia or i. Now Historical or archaic. A form of knife or dagger, in former times one of the chief weapons of the Irish kerns, and also in use among the Scottish Highlanders.The word was also loosely applied by writers of the 16th and 17th centuries to a dagger or small sword of any kind. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of anlacec1300 misericord1324 bodkin1386 baselardc1390 popperc1390 wood-knife1426 spudc1440 pavade1477 bistoury1490 skene1527 dudgeon1548 sword dagger1567 machete1575 kris1589 bum dagger1596 stillado1607 stiletto1611 steelet1616 hanjar1621 pisaa1640 jockteleg1642 khanjar1684 bayonet1692 kuttar1696 parazonium1751 skene-ochles1754 scalping-knife1759 snick-a-snee1760 manchette1762 snickersnee1775 guard-dagger1786 boarding knife1807 scalp-knife1807 kukri1811 skene-dhu1811 parang1820 stylet1820 belt knife1831 bowie-knife1836 scalper1837 sheath-knife1837 toothpick1837 tumbok lada1839 snick-and-snee knife1843 tickler1844 bowie1846 toad-sticker1858 simi1860 scramasax1862 kinjal1863 left-hander1869 main gauche1869 aikuchi1875 tanto1885 toad-stabber1885 cinquedea1897 trench knife1898 puukko1925 panga1929 quillon dagger1950 flick-knife1957 ratchet knife1966 sai1973 ratchet1975 α. 1527 Will of William Bolde (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/22) f. 80 My blak sattyn doblet, my skayne, & a paire of blak hoses. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lx .xvi. hundreth Ireshmen armed in mayle with dartes and skaynes after the maner of their countrey. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) v. f. 59 Persey thrust him through the heart with Hermes hooked skaine. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxii. xlviii. 461 Short daggers or skaines hidden under their cuirasse and harnesse. 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxii. 61 For their weapons [they] had but Irish Skaines and Darts. 1735 J. Ferguson Let. 18 Feb. in Philos. Trans. 1737–8 (Royal Soc.) (1741) 40 426 I was called to Thomas Conway, who had received a Wound with a Skane or great Knife. β. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 271/1 Skeyne a knyfe.1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces iii. sig. R.2 Therof rose bearyng of skeynes & murdrers.1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xviii. 42/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The bill against the spar, and the sword against the skeine.1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 431 A certaine shag-haired fellow..drawing out his skeine or short curtle~axe.a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Kent 74 To him all the Irish Nobility made their solemn submission..laying aside their Girdles, Skeines and Caps.1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 828 The Irish were armed only with darts and skeins.1853 C. M. Yonge Cameos xxv, in Monthly Packet Nov. 328 Melachlin sent with her..sixteen young men armed with skeynes, or long knives.1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church in Church Bells Devon vii. 181 They were found in a bog..along with a variety of skeynes, celts,..and other relics of antiquity.γ. ?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. A4^v Against the light foote Irish haue I serued, And in my skinne beare tokens of their skenes.1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars Annot. 15 Caivs..was stabbed treacherously with a knife or short skeene.1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. xiii. 79 Whereupon with their skenes they instantly murdered him in the place.?1678 Humble Remonstr. Eng. Protestants 10 They kill'd poor Infants,..tossing some upon their Swords, Skeens, and other Instruments of Cruelty.1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. ix. 34 Poinadoes, Skenes, Penknives, Puncheons.1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. v. 126 A stout soldier before he was so mangled by the skenes of the Irish clan MacDonough.1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. iv. 133 Their black skenes and light darts were no match for the Danish swords and battle-axes.1895 H. Maxwell Duke of Brit. viii. 106 A short skene in his belt.δ. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 37 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) He..may under his mantle goe privily armed,..carry his headpeece, his skean, or pistol if he please.1600 P. Holland tr. Florus Breviaries vii, in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 249 The young man..drew his skeane and forced him to sweare unto him.1646 J. Vicars Burning-bush not Consumed 163 Inhumane Whores, with Skeans or long Irish knives about them.1690 J. Mackenzie Siege London-derry 2/2 Not only the Men, but the Women and Boys too began to furnish themselves with skeanes, and half-pikes.1735 J. Swift tr. H. MacGauran Irish-Feast in Wks. II. 297 They rise from their Feast, And hot are their Brains, A Cubit at least The Length of their Skeans.1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 156 The very women were exhorted by their spiritual directors to carry skeans.1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 275/1 The good claymores, the dirks, skeans, and pistols.ε. 1774 D. Graham Impartial Hist. Rebellion (ed. 3) v. 61 With durks and skians they fell a sticking.1878 A. Hume Antrim Dial. 23 (E.D.D.) There is no appearance of a skian or any other weapon.1897 A. Lang Pickle the Spy 6 Well knowing that the skian was sharpened for his throat if he were detected. Compounds skene-dhu n. [Gaelic sgian dubh black knife] a small dagger carried by Highlanders (now only as an ornament), frequently thrust into the stocking. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of anlacec1300 misericord1324 bodkin1386 baselardc1390 popperc1390 wood-knife1426 spudc1440 pavade1477 bistoury1490 skene1527 dudgeon1548 sword dagger1567 machete1575 kris1589 bum dagger1596 stillado1607 stiletto1611 steelet1616 hanjar1621 pisaa1640 jockteleg1642 khanjar1684 bayonet1692 kuttar1696 parazonium1751 skene-ochles1754 scalping-knife1759 snick-a-snee1760 manchette1762 snickersnee1775 guard-dagger1786 boarding knife1807 scalp-knife1807 kukri1811 skene-dhu1811 parang1820 stylet1820 belt knife1831 bowie-knife1836 scalper1837 sheath-knife1837 toothpick1837 tumbok lada1839 snick-and-snee knife1843 tickler1844 bowie1846 toad-sticker1858 simi1860 scramasax1862 kinjal1863 left-hander1869 main gauche1869 aikuchi1875 tanto1885 toad-stabber1885 cinquedea1897 trench knife1898 puukko1925 panga1929 quillon dagger1950 flick-knife1957 ratchet knife1966 sai1973 ratchet1975 1811 W. Scott Let. 17 Dec. (1932) III. 37 A very formidable knife which when opened becomes a sort of Skene-dhu or dagger. 1874 R. St. J. Tyrwhitt Our Sketching Club 37 I..struck him [a deer] just right with the skean-dhu at the root of the neck. 1897 A. L. Humphreys Private Libr. (ed. 2) 16 Some employ mediaeval daggers, or skene dhus, but the edges spoil a book. † skene-ochles n. Obsolete (also skene-occle, skene-ochil) [Gaelic achlais armpit] (see quot. 1754). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of anlacec1300 misericord1324 bodkin1386 baselardc1390 popperc1390 wood-knife1426 spudc1440 pavade1477 bistoury1490 skene1527 dudgeon1548 sword dagger1567 machete1575 kris1589 bum dagger1596 stillado1607 stiletto1611 steelet1616 hanjar1621 pisaa1640 jockteleg1642 khanjar1684 bayonet1692 kuttar1696 parazonium1751 skene-ochles1754 scalping-knife1759 snick-a-snee1760 manchette1762 snickersnee1775 guard-dagger1786 boarding knife1807 scalp-knife1807 kukri1811 skene-dhu1811 parang1820 stylet1820 belt knife1831 bowie-knife1836 scalper1837 sheath-knife1837 toothpick1837 tumbok lada1839 snick-and-snee knife1843 tickler1844 bowie1846 toad-sticker1858 simi1860 scramasax1862 kinjal1863 left-hander1869 main gauche1869 aikuchi1875 tanto1885 toad-stabber1885 cinquedea1897 trench knife1898 puukko1925 panga1929 quillon dagger1950 flick-knife1957 ratchet knife1966 sai1973 ratchet1975 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xxiii. 222 Some of them carry a Sort of Knife, which they call a Skeen-ocles, from its being conceal'd in the Sleeve near the Arm-pit. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vi. 105 Her ain sell..could..kittle his quarters wi' her skene-occle . View more context for this quotation 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 62 The skene-occle is an ugly weapon. 1829 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. xiii So saying, the beldam plunged a skeinochil into my breast. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). Skenen.² /skiːn/ Etymology: < the name of Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (1838–1900), Scottish-born U.S. gynæcologist. Anatomy. Used in the possessive to designate two small, blind ducts which open into the female urethra and the glands which they drain, homologous to the ducts of the male prostate gland. (Described by Skene in 1880.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > ducts > [noun] > urinary ducts veina1398 water pipe1565 ureter1578 urine-pipe1594 urine leader1615 urethra1634 uretary1650 uriture1662 Skene1890 1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 543/2 Skene's tubules, small blind canals, 3 to 6 mm. in length, lying along the urethra of the female and opening near the meatus. 1901 W. A. N. Dorland Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 2) at Gland Skene's glands, two glands just within the meatus of the female urethra: regarded as homologues of the seminal vesicles. 1910 Practitioner Mar. 393 Two of these spots..probably represent the opening of Skene's ducts. 1910 Practitioner Apr. 487 The ducts of the two small glands in the floor of the female urethra, known as ‘Skene's tubules’. 1932 C. J. Miller Clin. Gynecol. ii. 35 The cure of a chronic urethritis cannot be expected while there remains an active infection in Skene's glands. 1963 Lancet 5 Jan. 23/2 The urethra is often tender on palpation, and thick yellow mucus can be expressed from Skene's glands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). skenen.³ Brit. /ˈskiːni/, U.S. /ˈskini/ Inflections: Plural skenai Brit. /ˈskiːnʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈskinaɪ/. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek σκηνή́. Etymology: < ancient Greek σκηνή́ tent or booth, stage building as background for plays (see scene n.).In plural form skenai after the ancient Greek plural form. A three-dimensional structure or building at the front of an ancient Greek theatre providing a background to the performance; a stage building. Also more fully skene building. Cf. scene n. 1.The skene appears to have originated as a wooden hut in which performers could change masks and in front of which the performance took place. It later developed into a permanent stone structure, often consisting of two storeys decorated with stone columns, and with one or more doors used for entrances and exits. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun] > ancient Greek or Roman > specific part skene1828 1828 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 233/1 As to the skene..and its compartments, we shall give Mr. Donaldson's account in his own words. 1891 Athenaeum 25 July 139/2 After a short inspection it soon became apparent..that the proposed reconstruction of the skēne building was incorrect. 1899 P. Gardner in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 19 257 Agatharchus..could paint the front of the skênê to look like a palace with pillars and cornices. 1929 D. S. Robertson Handbk. Greek & Rom. Archit. xvi. 271 The Greek theatre, consisted..of two quite separate parts, a high auditorium..and a much lower stage-building, or skene. 1933 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 53 304/1 To this general type, Bulle assigns the skenai of Syracuse, Tyndaris, and many others. 1962 P. D. Arnott Greek Scenic Convent. 5th Cent. B.C. i. 5 A skene of some sort would have been needed by the actors, to serve as a changing room and provide a focal point for entrances. 2010 Hesperia 79 364 There is a rectangular orchestra with a beaten earth floor, sharply delineated on three sides by the cavea seats, and backed by a skene building..with openings for three doors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1527n.²1890n.³1828
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