Ἀμαζών,όνος,ἡ, mostly pl.,
A. the Amazons,
Il. 3.189 , etc.;ὁ τῶν Ἀ. τροχίσκος,a famous remedy, Asclep. ap. Gal. 12.152 , etc.:—alsoἈμαζονίδες,αἱ, Pi. O. 13.87 , Call. Dian. 237 .
II. epith. of Artemis, Paus. 4.31.8 :—Adj. Ἀμαζ-ονικός,ή,όν, Plu. Pomp. 35 , Paus. 1.41.7 :—κά,τά,title of Epic by Onasus,Sch.A.R. 1.1236 , Sch. Theoc. 13.46 :—alsoἁλ-όνιος,ον, Nonn. D. 37.17 ; epith. of Apollo in Laconia, Paus. 3.25.3 . (Commonly derived fromμαζός,from the fable that they got rid of the right breast, that it might not interfere with the use of the bow.)
III. (ἀ- priv.,μᾶζα)poor, starveling,
ἄνδρες
Call. Fr. 523
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