amphitheatrum

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἀμφιθέᾱτρον (amphithéātron), from ἀμφί (amphí, on both sides) + θέᾱτρον (théātron, theatre).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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amphitheātrum n (genitive amphitheātrī); second declension

  1. an amphitheatre, amphitheater

Declension

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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

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References

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  • 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