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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀμφιθέᾱτρον (amphithéātron), from ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides”) + θέᾱτρον (théātron, “theatre”).
Pronunciation
Noun
amphitheātrum n (genitive amphitheātrī); second declension
- an amphitheatre, amphitheater
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
References
- “amphitheatrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “amphitheatrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amphitheatrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “amphitheatrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “amphitheatrum”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
- “amphitheatrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin