Ἀμαζών
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
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).
French (Bailly abrégé)
όνος (ἡ) :
Amazone ; plur. αἱ Ἀμαζόνες les Amazones, population de femmes belliqueuses dans le Pont, en Scythie, et en Libye.
Étymologie: étym. pop. anc. : de ἀ- intensif et *μαζών de μαζός, litt. femmes « aux seins robustes » ; ou ἀ- priv., selon la croyance qu’elles s’amputaient d’un sein -- DELG p.ê. du nom de la tribu iranienne *ha-mazan « guerrier ».
