Ἀμαζών
τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior
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.
