proscenium

proscenium [CL < προσκήνιον] 1 entrance to a tent or dwelling. regalis sane subiit proscenia fundi: / “pax domui”,†tunc infit, “huic” Frith. 214. 2 part of theatre (orig. that between orchestra and back wall), stage. item neutra ut ‥ aerarium, ~um (Vergilius ‘ineunt proscenia ludi’), collarium Aldh. PR 132 p. 182; ~a, loca theatralia Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 469.