ἀμφιθέατρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides”) +‎ θέᾱτρον (théātron, “theatre”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰi.tʰé.aː.tron/ → /am.ɸiˈθe.a.tron/ → /am.fiˈθe.a.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰi.tʰé.aː.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /am.pʰiˈtʰe.a.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /am.ɸiˈθe.a.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /am.fiˈθe.a.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /am.fiˈθe.a.tron/

Noun

ἀμφῐθέᾱτρον • (amphithéātron) n (genitive ἀμφῐθέᾱτρου); second declension

1. amphitheatre, a double theatre

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀμφιθέᾱτρον; τοῦ ἀμφιθεᾱ́τρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀμφιθέᾱτρον tò amphithéātron	τὼ ἀμφιθεᾱ́τρω tṑ amphitheā́trō	τᾰ̀ ἀμφιθέᾱτρᾰ tà amphithéātra
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμφιθεᾱ́τρου toû amphitheā́trou	τοῖν ἀμφιθεᾱ́τροιν toîn amphitheā́troin	τῶν ἀμφιθεᾱ́τρων tôn amphitheā́trōn
Dative	τῷ ἀμφιθεᾱ́τρῳ tôi amphitheā́trōi	τοῖν ἀμφιθεᾱ́τροιν toîn amphitheā́troin	τοῖς ἀμφιθεᾱ́τροις toîs amphitheā́trois
Accusative	τὸ ἀμφιθέᾱτρον tò amphithéātron	τὼ ἀμφιθεᾱ́τρω tṑ amphitheā́trō	τᾰ̀ ἀμφιθέᾱτρᾰ tà amphithéātra
Vocative	ἀμφιθέᾱτρον amphithéātron	ἀμφιθεᾱ́τρω amphitheā́trō	ἀμφιθέᾱτρᾰ amphithéātra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: amphitheātrum (see there for further descendants)
  • English: amphitheatre

Further reading

• “ἀμφιθέατρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀμφιθέατρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers