LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

Amāzōn

Amāzōn f (genitive Amāzonis)
Classical[aˈmaːz.zoːn]Ecclesiastical[aˈmad.d͡zon]

Meaning

  1. an Amazon
  2. a female warrior

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeAmāzōnAmāzones
genitiveAmāzonisAmāzonum
dativeAmāzonīAmāzonibus
accusativeAmāzonem
Amāzona		Amāzonas
ablativeAmāzoneAmāzonibus
vocativeAmāzōnAmāzones

Ămāzon, ŏnis, f., = Ἀμαζών, plur. Amazones [a Scythian word of dub. signif.; acc. to an etymological fancy, as if from ἀ-μαζός, without breast; Just. 2, 4, relates that their right breast was removed in childhood, to enable them to handle the bow more conveniently],
I. an Amazon; and plur., Amazons, warlike women, who dwelt on the river Thermodon.
I. Lit.: Threiciae Amazones, Verg. A. 11, 659: exsultat Amazon, id. ib. 11, 648: Amazon Mavortia, Val. Fl. 5, 89: peltata, Sen. Agam. 218 al.—
II. Metaph., a heroine of love, Ov. A. A. 2, 743; 3, 1.—Hence,
a. ămāzŏnĭ-cus, a, um, Amazonian, Mel.1, 19, 13; Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 43; Suet. Ner. 44.—
b. ămāzŏ-nis, ĭdis, f., = Amazon, an Amazon: Amazonidum agmina, Verg. A. 1, 490: Amazonidum gens, Val. Fl. 4, 602: Amazonidum turba, Prop. 4, 13, 13.—Also, title of a poem composed by a poet named Marsus, Mart. 4, 29, 8.—
c. ămāzŏnĭus, a, um, poet. for Amazonicus, Amazonian: securis, Hor. C. 4, 4, 20, and Ov. P. 3, 1, 95: genus, Sen. Hippol. 237: vir Amazonius, i. e. Hippolytus, the son of an Amazon by Theseus, Ov. H. 4, 2.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓μᾰζών (Ămăzṓn).

Quick answers

What does Amāzōn mean in Latin?
Amāzōn, a noun, means “an Amazon; a female warrior”.
What is the genitive of Amāzōn?
The genitive singular is Amāzonis. Amāzōn is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce Amāzōn?
In classical Latin, [aˈmaːz.zoːn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈmad.d͡zon].