Amazonomachia

== English == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === Singular: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæ.mə.zɒ.nəˈmæ.ki.ə/, /-ˈmeɪ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæ.məˌzɑ.nəˈmæ.ki.ə/, /-ˈmeɪ-/ Rhymes: -ækiə, -eɪkiə Hyphenation: Ama‧zon‧o‧mach‧ia Plural (Amazonomachiae): (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæ.mə.zɒ.nəˈmæ.ki.iː/, /-aɪ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæ.məˌzɑ.nəˈmeɪ.kiˌi/, /-aɪ/ Hyphenation: Ama‧zon‧o‧mach‧i‧ae Plural (Amazonomachiai): (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæ.mə.zɒ.nəˈmæ.ki.aɪ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæ.məˌzɑ.nəˈmeɪ.kiˌaɪ/ Hyphenation: Ama‧zon‧o‧mach‧i‧ai === Noun === Amazonomachia (plural Amazonomachias or Amazonomachiae or (rare) Amazonomachiai) (Ancient Greece, mythology) A battle with Amazons (“mythical female warriors thought to inhabit the Black Sea region”); also (art), an artistic representation of such a scene. Synonym: Amazonomachy ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Amazonomachy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia