amphitheatrum
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἀμφιθέᾱτρον (amphithéātron), from ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides”) + θέᾱτρον (théātron, “theatre”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /am.pʰi.tʰeˈaː.trum/, [ämpʰɪt̪ʰeˈäːt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /am.fi.teˈa.trum/, [ämfit̪eˈäːt̪rum]
Noun edit
amphitheātrum n (genitive amphitheātrī); second declension
Declension edit
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 edit
- Catalan: amfiteatre
- English: amphitheatre
- French: amphithéâtre
- Romanian: amfiteatru
- Galician: anfiteatro
- Italian: anfiteatro
- Portuguese: anfiteatro
- Spanish: anfiteatro
References edit
- “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