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单词 naumachy
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naumachyn.

Forms: 1600s naumachie.
Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French naumachie; Latin naumachia.
Etymology: Probably partly < Middle French naumachie (early 16th cent. in sense 2; 1704 in sense 1), and partly < its etymon classical Latin naumachia naumachia n. Compare slightly earlier naumachia n.
Obsolete.
1. A place specially constructed for the exhibition of mock sea battles; = naumachia n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > [noun] > place for public shows > place for mock sea-fight
naumachy1600
naumachia1617
1600 P. Holland tr. J. B. Marlianus Svmmary Topogr. Rome vi. xvii, in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 1397 In which place before-time likely it is, that Augustus had his Naumachie.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iv. 345 The Romans had their Feasts, Playes, Naumachies places for sea fights.
2. A mock sea battle staged for entertainment; = naumachia n. 1. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > sham battles
field battle1572
naumachia1596
naumachy1606
1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 17 To set out the Naumachie or naval battaile, there was a place digged for a great poole.
1637 T. Heywood True Descr. Royall Ship 22 Worthily they have demeaned themselves..eyther in doubtfull discoveries, or more dangerous Naumachies or Sea-fights.
a1658 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Posthume Poems (1659) 43 And now the Naumachie Begins Close to the Surface.
1681 C. Cotton Wonders of Peake 84 A Pacifick Sea expanded lies A liquid Theater for Naumachies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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