Agamemnon

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See also: Agamemnón and Agamêmnon

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn, very resolute).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Agamemnon

  1. (Greek mythology) One of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology. He is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus. He is famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War, yet infamous for the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia at the commencement of the war.

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French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Agamemnon m

  1. Agamemnon

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Agamemnōn m sg (genitive Agamemnonis); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Agamemnon.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Agamemnōn
Genitive Agamemnonis
Dative Agamemnonī
Accusative Agamemnona
Ablative Agamemnone
Vocative Agamemnōn

References

  • Agamemnon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Agamemnon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Agamemnon”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Agamemnōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ɡaˈmɛm.nɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛmnɔn
  • Syllabification: A‧ga‧mem‧non

Proper noun

Agamemnon m pers

  1. (Greek mythology) Agamemnon (son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus, famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War, yet infamous for the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia at the commencement of the war)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Agamemnon m

  1. Alternative form of Agamenão