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Amazonomachia

Syllables: Ama·zon·o·mach·iaUK/ˌæ.mə.zɒ.nəˈmæ.ki.ə/US/ˌæ.məˌzɑ.nəˈmæ.ki.ə/

Amazonomachia noun: a battle with Amazons (“mythical female warriors thought to inhabit the Black Sea region”); also (art), an artistic representation of such a scene.

Noun

Amazonomachia (plural Amazonomachias or Amazonomachiae or (rare) Amazonomachiai)

  1. (Ancient Greece) A battle with Amazons (“mythical female warriors thought to inhabit the Black Sea region”); also (art), an artistic representation of such a scene.
    • In style these vases have the general Apulian type, and their art is of the same late period. […] Among the subjects are the usual Eros and Aphrodite of this style, Phrixos crossing the Hellespont on the ram, Orestes at Delphi, the sacrifice of the ram of Tantalos, Aktaion seized by his dogs, the...1873, Samuel Birch, chapter X, in History of Ancient Pottery, Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, new edition, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, pages 422–423
    • The Amazonomachia, or Amazon contest, symbolized the struggle of civilization against barbarism.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
    Synonyms:
    Amazonomachy

Synonyms of Amazonomachia

Forms of Amazonomachia

pluralAmazonomachias
pluralAmazonomachiae
plural (rare)Amazonomachiai

Origin of Amazonomachia

Borrowed from French Amazonomachie or German Amazonomachie, or a direct learned borrowing from their etymon Ancient Greek Ἀμαζονομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (Amazonomăkhĭ́ā), from Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn, “mythical female warrior from the Black Sea region”) (for further etymology see that entry) + μᾰ́χη (mắkhē, “battle, combat”) (either ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂gʰ- (“to fight”) or Pre-Greek) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). The plural form Amazonomachiae is derived from Amazonomachia + Latin -iae (plural form of -ia), while Amazonomachiai is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζονομᾰχῐ́αι (Amazonomăkhĭ́ai).

Words that rhyme with Amazonomachia

Questions about Amazonomachia

What does Amazonomachia mean?
Amazonomachia means a battle with Amazons (“mythical female warriors thought to inhabit the Black Sea region”); also (art), an artistic representation of such a scene.
What part of speech is Amazonomachia?
Amazonomachia is a noun.
How do you pronounce Amazonomachia?
Amazonomachia is pronounced /ˌæ.mə.zɒ.nəˈmæ.ki.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of Amazonomachia?
The plural of Amazonomachia is Amazonomachias.

Words near Amazonomachia in the dictionary

  1. Amazonist
  2. Amazonists
  3. amazonite
  4. amazonites
  5. amazonitic
  6. Amazonomachia
  7. Amazonomachiae
  8. Amazonomachiai
  9. Amazonomachias
  10. Amazonomachies
  11. Amazonomachy

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