Ἀμαζών
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
Ἀμαζών
Ἀμαζόνος
Structure:
Ἀμαζων
(Stem)
Etym.: Commonly derived from 부정 접두사 a, mazo/s, from the fable that they got rid of the right breast, that it might not interfere with the use of the bow.
Sense
- (chiefly in the plural) Amazons, a nation of female warriors from western Scythia.
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- τὰσ δ’ Ἀμαζόνασ σκόπει, ἃσ Μίκων ἔγραψ’ ἐφ’ ἵππων μαχομένασ τοῖσ ἀνδράσιν. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Choral, trochees4)
- καὶ μὴν εἰ μέγα τὸ τρωθῆναι μαχόμενον Σαβίνοισ καὶ ἀνελεῖν Ἄκρωνα καὶ πολλῶν μάχῃ κρατῆσαι πολεμίων, τούτοισ μὲν ἔστι τοῖσ ἔργοισ κενταυρομαχίαν καὶ τὰ πρὸσ Ἀμαζόνασ παραβαλεῖν· (Plutarch, Comparison of Theseus and Romulus, chapter 1 3:1)
- χρήσαιτο, ποτὲ μὲν αἴρει ποτὲ καταβάλλει τὴν πόλιν ἄνω καὶ κάτω μεταφέρων, οὓσ Τεγεάταισ μὲν εἰσ ἀγῶνα λέγει περὶ τῶν δευτερείων καταστάντασ Ἡρακλειδῶν τε μεμνῆσθαι καὶ τὰ πρὸσ Ἀμαζόνασ πραχθέντα προφέρειν ταφάσ τε Πελοποννησίων τῶν ὑπὸ τῇ Καδμείᾳ πεσόντων· (Plutarch, De Herodoti malignitate, section 42 1:1)
- τοῦτον οὖν ἀποκτείνασ ὁ Βελλεροφόντησ φεύγοντα τῷ Πηγάσῳ διώξασ, ἐκβαλὼν δὲ καὶ τὰσ Ἀμαζόνασ, οὐδενὸσ ἐτύγχανε τῶν δικαίων, ἀλλ’ ἦν ἀδικώτατοσ περὶ αὐτὸν Ιὀβάτησ· (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 1:2)
- πλοίῳ λέοντα μὲν ἔχοντι πρῴραθεν ἐπίσημον, ἐκ δὲ πρύμνησ δράκοντα, καὶ πολλὰ κακὰ τοὺσ Λυκίουσ ἐποίει, καὶ πλεῦσαι τὴν θάλατταν οὐκ ἦν οὐδὲ, τὰσ ἐγγὺσ θαλάττησ πόλεισ οἰκεῖν, τοῦτον οὖν ἀποκτείνασ ὁ Βελλεροφόντησ φεύγοντα τῷ Πηγάσῳ διώξασ, ἐκβαλὼν δὲ καὶ τὰσ Ἀμαζόνασ, οὐδενὸσ ἐτύγχανε τῶν δικαίων, ἀλλ’ ἦν ἀδικώτατοσ περὶ αὐτὸν Ιὀβάτησ ὅθεν εἰσ τὴν θάλατταν ἐμβὰσ εὔξατο κατ’ αὐτοῦ τῷ Ποσειδῶνι τὴν χώραν ἄκαρπον γενέσθαι καὶ ἀνόνητον. (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 2:1)