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ἀμφιθέατρον
ἀμφιθέατρον
Ancient Greek
- (4th AD Koine) IPA(key): /amɸiθéatron/
- (10th AD Byzantine) IPA(key): /ãfiθéatron/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /afiθéatɾon/
Noun
ἀμφιθέᾱτρον • (amphithéātron) n (genitive ἀμφιθέᾱτρου); second declension
- amphitheatre, a double theatre
Inflection
Second declension of ἀμφιθέᾱτρον, ἀμφιθεάτρου
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἀμφιθέᾱτρον | τὼ ἀμφιθεάτρω | τὰ ἀμφιθέᾱτρᾰ |
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀμφιθεάτρου | τοῖν ἀμφιθεάτροιν | τῶν ἀμφιθεάτρων |
| Dative | τῷ ἀμφιθεάτρῳ | τοῖν ἀμφιθεάτροιν | τοῖς ἀμφιθεάτροις |
| Accusative | τὸ ἀμφιθέᾱτρον | τὼ ἀμφιθεάτρω | τὰ ἀμφιθέᾱτρᾰ |
| Vocative | ἀμφιθέᾱτρον | ἀμφιθεάτρω | ἀμφιθέᾱτρᾰ |
Descendants
- English: amphitheatre
- Latin: amphitheatrum
References
- ἀμφιθέατρον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀμφιθέατρον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press