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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A place built to stage a mock sea-battle, or the show performed therein..
Lacedæmonians held their public banquets […], plays, naumachies, places for sea-fights, theatres, amphitheatres able to contain 70,000 men, wherein they had several delightsome shows to exhilarate the people […].
Use naumachy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Naumachy means (obsolete) A place built to stage a mock sea-battle, or the show performed therein..
Common synonyms include naumachia.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Lacedæmonians held their public banquets […], plays, naumachies, places for sea-fights, theatres, amphitheatres able to contain 70,000 men, wherein they had several delightsome shows to exhilarate the people […].
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