amphitheater

See also: amphitheatre

English

Noun

amphitheater (plural amphitheaters)

1. American form of amphitheatre.

   The symphony warmed up inside the amphitheater while the audience crowded around outside.

Derived terms

• amphitheaterlike

Anagrams

• amphitheatre

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [am.pʰɪ.tʰeˈaː.tɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [am.fi.teˈaː.ter]

Noun

amphitheāter m (genitive amphitheātrī); second declension (nonstandard)

1. alternative form of amphitheātrum
   • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 45.6:

     Non est miscix. Ferrum optimum daturus est, sine fuga, carnarium in medio, ut amphitheater videat.

     He is no flibbertigibbet, he will give the best fight, without flight, a carnage in the middle, so that the whole amphitheater will see it.

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

	singular	plural
nominative	amphitheāter	amphitheātrī
genitive	amphitheātrī	amphitheātrōrum
dative	amphitheātrō	amphitheātrīs
accusative	amphitheātrum	amphitheātrōs
ablative	amphitheātrō	amphitheātrīs
vocative	amphitheāter	amphitheātrī