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Definition of Amphitheatric
1. Adjective. Of or related to an amphitheater.
Partainyms: Amphitheater, Amphitheater
Derivative terms: Amphitheater, Amphitheater, Amphitheatre, Amphitheatre
Definition of Amphitheatric
1. a. Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.
Definition of Amphitheatric
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling an amphitheatre. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amphitheatric
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphitheatric
Literary usage of Amphitheatric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Herodotus: A New English Version by Herodotus (1875)
"... the second Livian, the Hieratic being the third ; and the next was the
amphitheatric (from the place where made). Fan- nius at Rome made an improved ..."
2. The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Ed. with Copious Notes and by Herodotus, George Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, John Gardner Wilkinson (1889)
"... that not passing through his hands being still styled amphitheatric ; and next
was the ... the amphitheatric 9, ..."
3. Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical by Victoria Institute (Great Britain) (1899)
"(4) amphitheatric (from the place where made). Fannius at Eome made an improved
... That not passing through his hands being still called amphitheatric. ..."
4. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors by Francis Whiting Halsey (1914)
"The shores of the Gulf of Khania, retaining their amphitheatric form, rose
gradually from the water, a rich panorama of wheat-fields, vineyards and olive ..."
5. Voyage to South America: Performed by Order of the American Government, in by Henry Marie Brackenridge, United States Commission to Investigate the Spanish Province of South America (1819)
"... profound valleys, whose temperature is that of the torrid zone, the most
delightful amphitheatric slopes, open groves, pastoral plains, abundant waters, ..."
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