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Amazonomachy

Syllables: Ama·zon·o·machy/ˌæməzəˈnɒməki//ˌæməzəˈnɑməki/

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

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Noun

Amazonomachy (plural Amazonomachies)

  1. (Ancient Greece) Synonym of Amazonomachia (“a battle with Amazons (“mythical female warriors thought to inhabit the Black Sea region”); also (art), an artistic representation of such a scene”).
    • The usual themes are mythological, and of these certain ones enjoyed especial popularity. A few great mythical contests, viz., that of the Gods against the Giants, those of the Greeks against Centaurs, against Amazons, and against Trojans, supply subject matter to an impressively large number of...1920, F[rank] B[igelow] Tarbell, “Centauromachy and Amazonomachy in Greek Art: The Reasons for Their Popularity”, in William Nickerson Bates, editor, American Journal of Archaeology, volume XXIV (2nd...
    • Several substantial fragments of a sarcophagus decorated with an Amazonomachy are in the possession of the Fogg Museum of Harvard University. […] The composition of the scene on the front is in three parts, the usual division of groups on sarcophagi with Amazonomachies.1936, Alice Whiting Ellis, “Summaries of Dissertations for the Degree of Ph.D., 1935–1936 [Reliefs from a Sarcophagus, Decorated with an Amazonomachy, in the Fogg Museum]”, in Harvard Studies in...
    Synonyms:
    Amazonomachia

Synonyms of Amazonomachy

Forms of Amazonomachy

pluralAmazonomachies

Origin of Amazonomachy

Alteration of Amazonomachia, after -machy (suffix forming nouns with the sense ‘battle, fight’). Amazonomachia is either borrowed from French Amazonomachie or German Amazonomachie, or is 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).

Questions about Amazonomachy

What does Amazonomachy mean?
Amazonomachy means synonym of Amazonomachia (“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 Amazonomachy?
Amazonomachy is a noun.
How do you pronounce Amazonomachy?
Amazonomachy is pronounced /ˌæməzəˈnɒməki/ (UK).
What is the plural of Amazonomachy?
The plural of Amazonomachy is Amazonomachies.

Words near Amazonomachy in the dictionary

  1. Amazonomachia
  2. Amazonomachiae
  3. Amazonomachiai
  4. Amazonomachias
  5. Amazonomachies
  6. Amazonomachy
  7. amazons
  8. amazonstone
  9. amazonstones
  10. amaZulu
  11. amb

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