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.tʰeˈaː.trʊ̃]
Noun
amphitheātrum n (genitive amphitheātrī); second declension
- an amphitheatre, amphitheater
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | amphitheātrum | amphitheātra |
| Genitive | amphitheātrī | amphitheātrōrum |
| Dative | amphitheātrō | amphitheātrīs |
| Accusative | amphitheātrum | amphitheātra |
| Ablative | amphitheātrō | amphitheātrīs |
| Vocative | amphitheātrum | amphitheātra |
Descendants
- Catalan: amfiteatre
- English: amphitheatre
- French: amphithéâtre
- Galician: anfiteatro
- Italian: anfiteatro
- Portuguese: anfiteatro
- Spanish: anfiteatro
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