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monomachy|məˈnɒməkɪ|
[a. F. monomachie or ad. L. monomachia, a. Gr. µονοµαχία, f. µονοµάχ-ος, that fights alone, f. µόνο-ς mono- + µαχ-, µάχεσθαι to fight.]
A single combat; a contest between two; a duel.
1582A. Fleming (title) A Monomachie of Motives in the mind of man. a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. xix. heading, The monomachie betweene Anaxius and Pyrocles. 1618T. Adams Crucifix Wks. (1629) 823 Christ after his monomachie or single combate with the Deuill in the Desart, had Angels to attend him. 1624Heywood Gunaik. ii. 62 All the monsters and terrours of the earth in single monomachy to overcome. 1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. ii. ii. (1650) 83 A monomachie of twelve single combatants on either part. a1770Smart Duellist 38 The morning came—and man to man, The grand monomachy began. 1822Byron Let. to Kinnaird 6 Feb., The duello, or monomachie. 1885R. F. Burton in Academy 1 Aug. 69/1 The other [kind of combat] is the monomachy for especial purpose..to decide an important question without shedding the blood of the general.
b. In Latin form.
1624Heywood Gunaik. ii. 110 He died in a single monomachia valiantlie by the hand of Achilles. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain ii. 604 This monomachia is evidently Oriental. 1903A. Lang in Blackw. Mag. July 46/2 These were the first wounds he received either in battle, siege or the monomachia. |