amphitheater

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AMPHITHEATER

n.[Gr. about and to see or look. ] 1. An edifice in an oval or circular form, having its area encompassed with rows of seats, rising higher as they recede from the area, on which people used to sit to view the combats of gladiators and of wild beasts, and other sports. The ancient theater was a semicircle, but exceeding it by a fourth part of its diameter; the amphitheater was a double theater, and its longest diameter was to its shortest as 1 1 /2 to 1. It was at first of wood, but in the reign of Augustus one was erected of stone. The area or cavea being covered with sand was called arena.
2. In gardening, a disposition of shrubs and trees in the form of an amphitheater, on a slope, or forming a slope, by placing the lowest in front. An amphitheater may also be formed of turf only.

AMPHITHEATER; AMPHITHEATRE

Am `phi *the "a *ter, Am `phi *the "a *tre,, n. Etym: [L. amphitheatrum, fr. Gr. amphithé \'83tre. See Theater. ]

amphitheater

am phi the a ter |ˈamfəˌTHēətər ˈæmfəθiədər | ▶noun (esp. in Greek and Roman architecture ) a round or oval building, typically unroofed, with a central space for the presentation of dramatic or sporting events. Tiers of seats for spectators surround the central space. • a sloping, semicircular seating gallery: I was permitted to attend a lecture in the amphitheater of the hospital. • a large circular hollow in rocks or hills: that vast amphitheater chiseled out of the mountain. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek amphitheatron, from amphi ‘on both sides ’ + theatron (see theater ).

Amphitheater

Am phi the a ter Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Amph i theater |das Amphitheater; Genitiv: des Amphitheaters, Plural: die Amphitheater lateinisch amphitheatrum < griechisch amphithéatron, aus: amphí = ringsum und théatron, Theater , also eigentlich = Theater, in dem man von allen Seiten zuschauen kann in meist elliptischer Form angelegtes [antikes ] Theater mit stufenweise ansteigenden Sitzen

amphitheater

am phi the a ter ｟英 ｠-tre /ǽmfəθìːətə r |ǽmfiθɪ̀ətə /名詞 C 1 (古代ギリシャ ローマの )円形劇 [競技, 闘技 ]場 (→Colosseum ); (一般に )円形競技場 .2 (劇場などの )半円状の階段席 .3 階段教室 .4 円形の盆地 .