προσκήνιον, τό,
entrance of a tent, [[ LXX.Jdt.10.22. ] LXX]
__2 porch of a house, [[ “PRyl.” 233.4 (_plural_, 2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II raised platform in front of stage-buildings, stage, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 11(2).153.14,158 A 67 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 7.423 (p.745, Oropus, 2nd-1st c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.22.4, “TAM” 2.408.9 (Patara, 2nd c.AD), “OGI” 510.5 (Ephesus, 2nd c.AD), 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.123; ἡ τύχη παρελκομένη τὴν πρόφασιν καθάπερ ἐπὶ προσκήνιον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus “Fragmenta” 212 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Latin proscaenium, [[ 1st c.BC: Vitruvius Scriptor de Architectura Latinus 5.7.1. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2 painted scenery at the back of the stage, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Duris Epigrammaticus 14J.; τὸ προσκάνιον ἱστάτω Ἡρακλείοις “SIG” 481 B 4 (Delph., 3rd c.BC). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]