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Ἀμαζών

Ἀμαζών, the Amazons

Ἀμαζών, όνος, ἡ, mostly pl.,
  • the Amazons, Il. 3.189, etc.; ὁ τῶν Ἀ. τροχίσκος, a famous remedy, Asclep. ap. Gal. 12.152, etc.:—also Ἀμαζονίδες, 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:—also Ἀμαζ-όνιος, ον, Nonn. D. 37.17; epith. of Apollo in Laconia, Paus. 3.25.3. (Commonly derived from μαζός, 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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