amphitheater

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See also: amphitheatre

English

Noun

amphitheater (plural amphitheaters)

  1. US form of amphitheatre
    The symphony warmed up inside the amphitheater while the audience crowded around outside.

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

amphitheāter m (genitive amphitheātrī); second declension

  1. (Vulgar Latin) 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).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amphitheāter amphitheātrī
Genitive amphitheātrī amphitheātrōrum
Dative amphitheātrō amphitheātrīs
Accusative amphitheātrum amphitheātrōs
Ablative amphitheātrō amphitheātrīs
Vocative amphitheāter amphitheātrī