单词 | naumachy |
释义 | † naumachyn. 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). < n.1600 |
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