amphitheatrum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === amphiteātrum (Medieval Latin) ampitzātru (Late Latin) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀμφιθέᾱτρον (amphithéātron), from ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides”) + θέᾱτρον (théātron, “theatre”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [am.pʰɪ.tʰeˈaː.trũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [am.fi.teˈaː.trum] === Noun === amphitheātrum n (genitive amphitheātrī); second declension an amphitheatre, amphitheater ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: amfiteatre English: amphitheatre French: amphithéâtre Romanian: amfiteatru Galician: anfiteatro Italian: anfiteatro Portuguese: anfiteatro Spanish: anfiteatro === 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