naumachia
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin naumachia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ναυμαχία (naumakhía). Compare naumachy.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪkiə
Noun
naumachia (plural naumachias or naumachiae)
- (historical, nautical, in Ancient Rome) The recreation of a sea battle staged for entertainment. [from 16th c.]
- 1816, John Keats, "Sonnet - Before he went to feed with owls and bats", Wordsworth Editions (1994), page 270:
- BEFORE he went to feed with owls and bats
- Nebuchadnezzar had an ugly dream,
- Worse than an Hus'if's when she thinks her cream
- Made a Naumachia for mice and rats.
- BEFORE he went to feed with owls and bats
- 1816, John Keats, "Sonnet - Before he went to feed with owls and bats", Wordsworth Editions (1994), page 270:
- (historical) The location where such recreated sea battles took place; a building featuring an artificial body of water. [from 17th c.]
- 1962, WH Auden & Elizabeth Mayer, translating JW Goethe, Italian Journey, Penguin 1970, p. 286:
- Our clerical guide did not fail us, but took us to see some ancient architectural remains, water tanks, a naumachia and other ruins of a similar sort.
- 1962, WH Auden & Elizabeth Mayer, translating JW Goethe, Italian Journey, Penguin 1970, p. 286:
Translations
recreation of sea battles in Ancient Rome
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Italian
Noun
naumachia f (plural naumachie)
- naumachia
Latin
Alternative forms
- navmachia
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ναυμαχία (naumakhía).
Noun
naumachia f (genitive naumachiae); first declension
- naumachia
- an artificial lake for such a battle
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | naumachia | naumachiae |
Genitive | naumachiae | naumachiārum |
Dative | naumachiae | naumachiīs |
Accusative | naumachiam | naumachiās |
Ablative | naumachiā | naumachiīs |
Vocative | naumachia | naumachiae |
References
- “naumachia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- naumachia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “naumachia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “naumachia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin