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naumachia
naumachia
English
Noun
naumachia (plural naumachias or naumachiae)
- (nautical, in Ancient Rome) The recreation of sea battles in a river basin (or also a flooded amphitheater)
- 1816, John Keats, "Sonnet - Before he went to feed with owls and bats", Wordsworth Editions (1994), page 270:
- BEFORE he went to feed with owls and bats
- Nebuchadnezzar had an ugly dream,
- Worse than an Hus'if's when she thinks her cream
- Made a Naumachia for mice and rats.
- BEFORE he went to feed with owls and bats
- 1816, John Keats, "Sonnet - Before he went to feed with owls and bats", Wordsworth Editions (1994), page 270:
Translations
recreation of sea battles in Ancient Rome
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ναυμαχία (naumakhía).
Alternative forms
- navmachia
Noun
naumachia f (genitive naumachiae); first declension
- naumachia
- an artificial lake for such a battle
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | naumachia | naumachiae |
genitive | naumachiae | naumachiārum |
dative | naumachiae | naumachiīs |
accusative | naumachiam | naumachiās |
ablative | naumachiā | naumachiīs |
vocative | naumachia | naumachiae |
References
- naumachia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “naumachia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- naumachia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- naumachia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin