amazonum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Amazon, Amazonis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Mythology
Amazon, member of race of legendary female warriors; woman as man's antagonist;
gen. pl.
Examples
- P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...sive Theseus divina et ipse stirpe, sive una Amazonum condidisset, transcendere ad ea, quis maxime fidebant, in populum..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...iram vitavisse. mox Liberum patrem, bello victorem, supplicibus Amazonum quae aram insiderant ignovisse. auctam hinc concessu Herculis..."