amphitheater

amphitheater

See also: amphitheatre

English

An amphitheater

Alternative forms

• amphitheatre

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæmfəˌθiːjətɚ/

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Noun

amphitheater (plural amphitheaters)

1. (US) A semicircular acoustic backdrop behind performers for an outdoor venue.

   The symphony warmed up inside the amphitheater while the audience crowded around outside.

2. (historical) A completely circular outdoor arena; a classical European amphitheatre.

Translations

acoustic backdrop

Finnish: esiintymislava (fi)

Vietnamese: Hý trường

classical amphitheatre

Catalan: amfiteatre (ca) m Danish: amfiteater (da) n Finnish: amfiteatteri (fi) Norwegian: Bokmål: amfiteater (no) n Nynorsk: amfiteater n

Serbo-Croatian: amfiteatar (sh) m Spanish: anfiteatro (es) m Swedish: amfiteater (sv) c

Anagrams

• amphitheatre

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /am.pʰi.tʰeˈaː.ter/, [am.pʰɪ.tʰɛˈaː.tɛr]

Noun

amphitheāter m (genitive amphitheātrī); second declension

1. (Vulgar Latin) alternative form of amphitheātrum
   • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 45.6:

     Non est miscix. ferrum optimum daturus est, sine fuga, carnarium in medio, ut amphitheater videat.

     He is no flibbertigibbet, he will give the best fight, without flight, a carnage in the middle, so that the whole amphitheater will see it.

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amphitheāter	amphitheātrī
Genitive	amphitheātrī	amphitheātrōrum
Dative	amphitheātrō	amphitheātrīs
Accusative	amphitheātrum	amphitheātrōs
Ablative	amphitheātrō	amphitheātrīs
Vocative	amphitheāter	amphitheātrī