a. [ad. L. amphitheātric-us, a. Gr. ἀμφιθέᾱτρικ-ός; see prec.]
1. Of or pertaining to an amphitheater.
1601. Holland, Pliny (1634), I. 392. Next in goodnesse to them was reputed the paper Amphitheatricke, which name was giuen vnto it of the place where it was made.
2. Rising all round like the rows of seats in an amphitheater.
c. 1811. Fuseli, Lect. Art, v. (1848), 464. The disposition is amphitheatric, the scenery a spacious hall.
1850. B. Taylor, Eldorado, xxxi. (1862), 317. The town and its amphitheatric hills.
