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English
Noun
amphitheater (plural amphitheaters)
- 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 (nonstandard)
- 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).