(adjective) = σκηνικός: scaenĭcus (scen-), a, um
* 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.
* Substt.
* 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.
* Scaenĭca, ae, f., a female player, an actress, Cod. Just. 5, 27, 1; Ambros. Obit. Valent. § 17.—*