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naumachia
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Lewis Short
naumăchĭa (noun F) = ναυμαχία:
* The representation of a sea-fight, a mock seafight (pure Lat. navale proelium).
* Lit.: naumachiam commisit,Suet. Claud. 21: naumachiae spectaculum edere,id. Caes. 44: naumachiam exhibere,id. Ner. 12; Vell. 2, 56, 1; 2, 100, 2; Mart. Spect. 28, 12: voluptates naumachiae, Vopisc. Aur. 34, 6.
* Transf., a place where mock seafights were exhibited: edidit et navale proelium in veteri naumachia,Suet. Tib. 7; 72; id. Dom. 5.
* The representation of a sea-fight, a mock seafight (pure Lat. navale proelium).
* Lit.: naumachiam commisit,Suet. Claud. 21: naumachiae spectaculum edere,id. Caes. 44: naumachiam exhibere,id. Ner. 12; Vell. 2, 56, 1; 2, 100, 2; Mart. Spect. 28, 12: voluptates naumachiae, Vopisc. Aur. 34, 6.
* Transf., a place where mock seafights were exhibited: edidit et navale proelium in veteri naumachia,Suet. Tib. 7; 72; id. Dom. 5.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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