Agamemnon

From Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn, “very resolute”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæɡəˈmɛmnɒn/, /ˌæɡəˈmɛmnən/

Agamemnon

1. (Greek mythology) One of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology. He is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus. He is famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War, yet infamous for the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia at the commencement of the war.

• Menelaus

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn).

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.mɛm.nɔ̃/

Agamemnon m

1. Agamemnon

From Ancient Greek Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈmem.noːn/, [äɡäˈmɛmnoːn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈmem.non/, [äɡäˈmɛmnon]

Agamemnōn m sg (genitive Agamemnonis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Agamemnon.

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• “Agamemnon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Agamemnon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Agamemnon”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Agamemnon m

1. Alternative form of Agamenão