proper noun · masculinethird declension
Agamemnōn
Agamemnōn m sg (genitive Agamemnonis)
Classical[a.ɡaˈmɛm.noːn]Ecclesiastical[a.ɡaˈmɛm.non]
Meaning
- GreekAgamemnon.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Agamemnōn | — |
| genitive | Agamemnonis | — |
| dative | Agamemnonī | — |
| accusative | Agamemnona | — |
| ablative | Agamemnone | — |
| vocative | Agamemnōn | — |
Ăgămemnon, ŏnis, m. (nom. Agamemno, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 47; Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 17; Stat. Achill. 1, 553), = Ἀγαμέμνων,
I. king of Mycenœ, son of Atreus and of Aërope, brother of Menelaüs, husband of Clytœmnestra, father of Orestes, Iphigenia, and Electra, commander-in-chief of the Grecian forces before Troy, and murdered by his wife, with the aid of Ægisthus, her paramour.—Poet., for his time:
vixēre fortes ante Agamemnona Multi, Hor. C. 4, 9, 25- 28.—Hence, 1. ăgămemnŏnĭdēs, ae, patr. m., = Ἀγαμεμνονίδης, a male descendant of Agamemnon; his son Orestes:
par Agamemnonidae crimen, i. e. the matricide of Orestes, Juv. 8, 215.—2. ăgămem-nŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Ἀγαμεμνόνιος, of or pertaining to Agamemnon (poet.):
phalanges, i. e. the Grecian troops before Troy, commanded by Agamemnon, Verg. A. 6, 489: Mycenae, ruled by Agamemnon, id. ib. 6, 838: Orestes, son of Agamemnon, id. ib. 4, 471: puella, daughter of Agamemnon, i. e. Iphigenia, Prop. 5, 1, 111.Origins
From Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn).