amphitheatrum
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀμφιθέᾱτρον (amphithéātron), from ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides”) + θέᾱτρον (théātron, “theatre”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /am.pʰi.tʰeˈaː.trum/, [am.pʰɪ.tʰɛˈaː.trũ]
Noun
amphitheātrum n (genitive amphitheātrī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | amphitheātrum | amphitheātra |
| genitive | amphitheātrī | amphitheātrōrum |
| dative | amphitheātrō | amphitheātrīs |
| accusative | amphitheātrum | amphitheātra |
| ablative | amphitheātrō | amphitheātrīs |
| vocative | amphitheātrum | amphitheātra |
References
- amphitheatrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amphitheatrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amphitheatrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- amphitheatrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amphitheatrum in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
- amphitheatrum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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