amazonomachy
/ˌæməzəˈnɒməki/
amazonomachy means synonym of Amazonomachia (“a battle with Amazons (“mythical female warriors thought to inhabit the Black Sea region”); also (art), an artistic representation of such a scene”). It carries an Arena rating of 1353, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, amazonomachy ranks #2,319 of 14,444 for Most Exacting Words, #2,328 of 14,438 for Most Storied Words, #2,357 of 14,297 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words, #2,374 of 14,451 for Most Whimsical Words.
amazonomachy is pronounced /ˌæməzəˈnɒməki/.
Why “amazonomachy” is a great word
A battle with the Amazons of Greek mythology, or an artistic depiction of such a conflict. From Ancient Greek Ἀμαζονομαχία (Amazonomakhía), from Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn, "Amazon") + μάχη (mákhē, "battle") + -ία (-ía, abstract noun suffix); first attested in English in 1893. Unlike "gigantomachy"—a war of cosmic rebellion against the Olympian gods—or the more formal, scholarly "Amazonomachia," this anglicized form speaks of a more terrestrial, human-scaled conflict. It is the frantic percussion of hooves on sun-baked earth, the flash of a crescent shield deflecting a bronze spear, and the cold, carved marble of a frieze forever locking the struggle in stone—an eternal rehearsal of men conquering what they could not help but depict.
Etymology
Alteration of Amazonomachia, after -machy (suffix forming nouns with the sense ‘battle, fight’). Amazonomachia is either borrowed from French Amazonomachie or German Amazonomachie, or is a direct learned borrowing from their etymon Ancient Greek Ἀμαζονομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (Amazonomăkhĭ́ā), from Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn, “mythical female warrior from the Black Sea region”) (for further etymology see that entry) + μᾰ́χη (mắkhē, “battle, combat”) (either ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂gʰ- (“to fight”) or Pre-Greek) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).
noun
- Synonym of Amazonomachia (“a battle with Amazons (“mythical female warriors thought to inhabit the Black Sea region”); also (art), an artistic representation of such a scene”).“The usual themes are mythological, and of these certain ones enjoyed especial popularity. A few great mythical contests, viz., that of the Gods against the Giants, those of the Greeks against Centaurs, against Amazons, and against Trojans, supply subject matter to an impressively large number of decorative Greek sculptures. Of these themes the centauromachies and amazonomachies were the most often”
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