naumachia

English

Etymology

From Latin naumachia, from Ancient Greek ναυμαχία (naumakhía).

Noun

naumachia (plural naumachias or naumachiae)

  1. (historical, 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.
  2. (historical) The location where such recreated sea battles took place.

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

  • navmachia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ναυμαχία (naumakhía).

Noun

naumachia f (genitive naumachiae); first declension

  1. naumachia
  2. 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
  • naumachia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, 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
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