theatrum

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Latin

theātrum Pamphȳliae (theater in Pamphylia)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, a place for viewing), from θεάομαι (theáomai, to see, to watch, to observe).

Pronunciation

Noun

theātrum n (genitive theātrī); second declension

  1. A theatre or theater, playhouse; stage.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative theātrum theātra
genitive theātrī theātrōrum
dative theātrō theātrīs
accusative theātrum theātra
ablative theātrō theātrīs
vocative theātrum theātra

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References

  • theatrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • theatrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • theatrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • theatrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the playhouse: theatrum
  • theatrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • theatrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin