Ἀμαζών

English (LSJ)

όνος, ἡ, mostly pl.,

   A the Amazons, Il.3.189, etc.; ὁ τῶν Ἀ. τροχίσκος, a famous remedy, Asclep. ap. Gal.12.152, etc.:—also Ἀμαζονίδες, αἱ, Pi.O.13.87, Call.Dian.237.    II epith. of Artemis, Paus.4.31.8:—Adj. Ἀμαζ-ονικός, ή, όν, Plu.Pomp.35, Paus. 1.41.7:—κά, τά, title of Epic by Onasus, Sch.A.R.1.1236, Sch. Theoc.13.46:—also ἁλ-όνιος, ον, Nonn.D.37.17; epith. of Apollo in Laconia, Paus.3.25.3. (Commonly derived from μαζός, from the fable that they got rid of the right breast, that it might not interfere with the use of the bow.)    III (ἀ- priv., μᾶζα) poor, starveling, ἄνδρες Call.Fr.523.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Ἀμαζών: -όνος, ἡ, τὸ πλεῖστον κατὰ πληθ., αἱ Ἀμαζόνες, πολεμικὴ φυλὴ γυναικῶν ἐν Σκυθίᾳ, Ἰλ. Γ. 189, Ἡρόδ., κτλ.: παρὰ Πινδ. Ο. 13. 124, Καλλ., κτλ., καὶ Ἀμαζονίδες. ΙΙ. ἐπώνυμον τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος, Παυσ. 4. 31, 8. -Ἐντεῦθεν ἐπίθ. Ἀμαζόνειος, ἢ ιος, ον, Εὐστ., Νόνν. Δ. 37. 117: Ἀμαζονικός, ή, όν, Πλουτ. Πομπ. 35, Παυσ. 1. 41, 7. (Κοινῶς ἐτυμολογεῖται ἐκ τοῦ μαζός, διότι κατὰ τὸν μῦθον αἱ γυναῖκες αὗται ἀπέκοπτον τὸν δεξιὸν αὑτῶν μαστόν, ἵνα μὴ παρακωλύῃ αὐτὰς εἰς τὴν χρῆσιν τοῦ τόξου, δι’ ὃ καὶ οἱ καλλιτέχναι παριστῶσιν αὐτὰς οὕτως ὥστε νὰ μὴ φαίνηται ὁ δεξιὸς αὐτῶν μαστός).