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
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..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...iram vitavisse. mox Liberum patrem, bello victorem, supplicibus Amazonum quae aram insiderant ignovisse. auctam hinc concessu Herculis..."
