Ἀγαμέμνων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγα- (aga-, “very”) +‎ μέμνων (mémnōn, “steadfast”). See ἄγαν (ágan), μένω (ménō) and Μενέλαος (Menélaos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.mém.nɔːn/ → /a.ɣaˈmem.non/ → /a.ɣaˈmem.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.mém.nɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈmem.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣaˈmem.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣaˈmem.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣaˈmem.non/

Proper noun

Ἀγαμέμνων • (Agamémnōn) m (genitive Ἀγαμέμνονος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Agamemnon
2. (mythology) Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀγαμέμνων; τοῦ Ἀγαμέμνονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀγαμέμνων ho Agamémnōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀγαμέμνονος toû Agamémnonos
Dative	τῷ Ἀγαμέμνονῐ tôi Agamémnoni
Accusative	τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονᾰ tòn Agamémnona
Vocative	Ἀγάμεμνον Agámemnon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀγαμεμνόνειος (Agamemnóneios)

Descendants

• Greek: Αγαμέμνων (Agamémnon), Αγαμέμνονας (Agamémnonas)
• → Latin: Agamemnōn
• → Old Armenian: Ագամեմնոն (Agamemnon)
  • Armenian: Ագամեմնոն (Agamemnon)
• Georgian: აგამემნონი (agamemnoni)
• Russian: Агаме́мнон (Agamémnon)

References

• “Ἀγαμέμνων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἀγαμέμνων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Ἀγαμέμνων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀγαμέμνων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000