Ἀγαμέμνων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγα- (aga-, “very”) +‎ μέμνων (mémnōn, “steadfast”). See ἄγαν (ágan), μένω (ménō) and Μενέλαος (Menélaos).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἀγαμέμνων • (Agamémnōn) m (genitive Ἀγαμέμνονος); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Agamemnon
  2. (mythology) Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀγαμέμνων; τοῦ Ἀγαμέμνονος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἀγαμέμνων
ho Agamémnōn
Genitive τοῦ Ἀγαμέμνονος
toû Agamémnonos
Dative τῷ Ἀγαμέμνονῐ
tōî Agamémnonĭ
Accusative τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονᾰ
tòn Agamémnonă
Vocative Ἀγάμεμνον
Agámemnon
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Ἀγαμεμνόνειος (Agamemnóneios)

Descendants

  • Greek: Αγαμέμνων (Agamémnon), Αγαμέμνονας (Agamémnonas)
  • → Latin: Agamemnōn
  • → Old Armenian: Ագամեմնոն (Agamemnon)
  • Georgian: აგამემნონი (agamemnoni)
  • Russian: Агаме́мнон (Agamémnon)

References

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