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† ˈnaumachy Obs.
Also 7 -ie.
[Anglicized form of prec., or ad. F. naumachie (1550).]
1. = naumachia 1. Also fig.
1606Holland Sueton. 17 To set out the Naumachie or naval battaile, there was a place digged for a great poole. a1658Lovelace Luc. Posth. (1659) 43 And now the Naumachie Begins, Close to the surface. 1681Cotton Wonders of Peake 84 A Pacifick Sea expanded lies A liquid Theater for Naumachies.
2. = naumachia 2.
1600Holland Livy 1397 In which place before-time likely it is, that Augustus had his Naumachie. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. ii. iv. (1651) 273 The Romans had their feasts, Playes, Naumachies, places for Sea fights. |