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单词 monomachia
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monomachian.

Brit. /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈmakɪə/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈmɑkiə/, /ˌmɑnəˈmækiə/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin monomachia.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin monomachia single combat (5th cent.) < ancient Greek μονομαχία single combat < μονομάχος that fights alone ( < μονο- mono- comb. form + -μαχος -mach comb. form) + -ία -ia suffix1. Compare earlier monomachy n., monomachic adj.
= monomachy n.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > single combat or duel
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1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ii. 110 He died in a single monomachia valiantlie by the hand of Achilles.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. ix. 198 Even in my younger days, I was no friend to the monomachia, or duel, and would rather walk with Sir Priest than with Sir Knight.
1822 Ld. Byron Let. 6 Feb. in Wks. (1901) VI. 10 You must be my second..you,..well versed in the duello, or monomachia [Marchand ed. IX. 101 has ‘monomachie’].
1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain II. viii. 604 This monomachia is evidently Oriental.
1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 46/2 These were the first wounds he received either in battle, siege or the monomachia.
1989 Stud. Eng. Lit.: Eng. Number (Tokyo) 97 In the first half of Paradise Lost Milton repeats the classical monomachia or single combat scene six times.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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