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

ᾰ̓μφῐθέᾱτρον • (ămphĭthéātron) n (genitive ᾰ̓μφῐθέᾱτρου); second declension

1. amphitheatre, a double theatre

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓μφιθέᾱτρον; τοῦ ᾰ̓μφιθεᾱ́τρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓μφιθέᾱτρον tò ămphithéātron	τὼ ᾰ̓μφιθεᾱ́τρω tṑ ămphitheā́trō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓μφιθέᾱτρᾰ tằ ămphithéātră
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓μφιθεᾱ́τρου toû ămphitheā́trou	τοῖν ᾰ̓μφιθεᾱ́τροιν toîn ămphitheā́troin	τῶν ᾰ̓μφιθεᾱ́τρων tôn ămphitheā́trōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓μφιθεᾱ́τρῳ tōî ămphitheā́trōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓μφιθεᾱ́τροιν toîn ămphitheā́troin	τοῖς ᾰ̓μφιθεᾱ́τροις toîs ămphitheā́trois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓μφιθέᾱτρον tò ămphithéātron	τὼ ᾰ̓μφιθεᾱ́τρω tṑ ămphitheā́trō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓μφιθέᾱτρᾰ tằ ămphithéātră
Vocative	ᾰ̓μφιθέᾱτρον ămphithéātron	ᾰ̓μφιθεᾱ́τρω ămphitheā́trō	ᾰ̓μφιθέᾱτρᾰ ămphithéātră
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