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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ᾰ̓γᾰμέμνων (Agamémnōn) + -ῐ́δης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ɡa.mem.no.ní.dɛːs/ → /a.ɣa.mem.noˈni.ðis/ → /a.ɣa.mem.noˈni.ðis/
Proper noun
Ᾰ̓γᾰμεμνονῐ́δης • (Agamemnonídēs) m (genitive Ᾰ̓γᾰμεμνονῐ́δου); first declension
- son of Agamemnon: that is, Orestes
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Odyssey 1.29–30:
- μνήσατο γὰρ κατὰ θῡμὸν ἀμῡ́μονος Αἰγίσθοιο,
τόν ῥ’ Ἀγαμεμνονίδης τηλεκλυτὸς ἔκταν’ Ὀρέστης·- mnḗsato gàr katà thūmòn amū́monos Aigísthoio,
tón rh’ Agamemnonídēs tēleklutòs éktan’ Oréstēs; - for recalled in his heart noble Aegisthus,
whom far-famed Orestes, son of Agamemnon, had slain.
Inflection
References
- “Ἀγαμεμνονίδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Ἀγαμεμνονίδης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers