Agamemnon

See also: Agamemnón and Agamêmnon

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn, “very resolute”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæɡəˈmɛmnɒn/, /ˌæɡəˈmɛmnən/

Proper noun

Agamemnon

1. (Greek mythology) One of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology. He is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus. He is famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War, yet infamous for the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia at the commencement of the war.

Coordinate terms

• Menelaus

Translations

Greek hero

• Armenian: Ագամեմնոն (hy) (Agamemnon)

  Old Armenian: Ագամեմնոն (Agamemnon)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿伽門農／阿伽门农 (zh) (Āgāménnóng)

• Danish: Agamemnon
• Etruscan: 𐌀𐌗𐌌𐌄𐌌𐌓𐌖𐌍 class animate (axmemrun)
• French: Agamemnon (fr) m
• Greek: Αγαμέμνονας (el) m (Agamémnonas), Αγαμέμνων (el) m (Agamémnon)

  Ancient: Ἀγαμέμνων m (Agamémnōn)

• Greenlandic: Agamemnoni
• Inuktitut: ᐊᒐᒥᒻᓄᓐ (acamimnon)
• Italian: Agamennone (it) m
• Japanese: アガメムノン (Agamemunon), アガメムノーン (Agamemunōn)
• Korean: 아가멤논 (Agamemnon)
• Polish: Agamemnon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Agamenão m, Agamenon (pt) m, Agamemnon (pt) m, Agamêmnon m
• Russian: Агаме́мнон (ru) m (Agamémnon)
• Spanish: Agamenón (es) m
• Swedish: Agamemnon (sv)
• Ukrainian: Агаме́мнон m (Ahamémnon)

Further reading

• Agamemnon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.mɛm.nɔ̃/

Proper noun

Agamemnon m

1. Agamemnon

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈmem.noːn/, [äɡäˈmɛmnoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈmem.non/, [äɡäˈmɛmnon]

Proper noun

Agamemnōn m sg (genitive Agamemnonis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Agamemnon.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Agamemnōn
Genitive	Agamemnonis
Dative	Agamemnonī
Accusative	Agamemnona
Ablative	Agamemnone
Vocative	Agamemnōn

References

• “Agamemnon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Agamemnon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Agamemnon”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Agamemnōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈmɛm.nɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmnɔn
• Syllabification: A‧ga‧mem‧non

Proper noun

Agamemnon m pers

1. (Greek mythology) Agamemnon (son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus, famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War, yet infamous for the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia at the commencement of the war)

Declension

Declension of Agamemnon

	singular
nominative	Agamemnon
genitive	Agamemnona
dative	Agamemnonowi
accusative	Agamemnona
instrumental	Agamemnonem
locative	Agamemnonie
vocative	Agamemnonie

Further reading

• Agamemnon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Agamemnon m

1. Alternative form of Agamenão