Ἀμαζών: Difference between revisions

|Definition=όνος, ἡ, mostly pl., <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> the [[Amazon]]s, <span class="bibl">Il.3.189</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ τῶν Ἀ. τροχίσκος</b>, a famous remedy, Asclep. ap. Gal.12.152, etc.:—also Ἀμαζονίδες, αἱ, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.87</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>237</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> epith. of Artemis, <span class="bibl">Paus.4.31.8</span>:—Adj. [[Ἀμαζονικός]], ή, όν, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>35</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus. 1.41.7</span>:—[[Ἀμαζονικά]], τά, title of Epic by [[Onasus]], Sch.<span class="bibl">A.R.1.1236</span>, Sch. <span class="bibl">Theoc.13.46</span>:—also [[ἁλόνιος]], ον, <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>37.17</span>; epith. of [[Apollo]] in [[Laconia]], <span class="bibl">Paus.3.25.3</span>. (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.) </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> ([[ἀ]]- priv., [[μᾶζα]]) [[poor]], [[starveling]], ἄνδρες <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>523</span>.</span>