The corpus record — Latin

naumachia

naumachia · f

the representation of a sea-fight, a mock seafight

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Where it lives

Divus Titus 1 · 6.72/10k
Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
Domitianus 1 · 2.91/10k
Nero 2 · 2.56/10k
Divus Julius 2 · 2.05/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
Divus Aurelianus 1 · 1.28/10k
Tiberius 1 · 1.1/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

naumăchĭa — Lewis & Short

naumăchĭa, ae, f., = naumaxi/a,

I the representation of a sea-fight, a mock seafight (pure Lat. navale proelium).

I 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. —

II Transf., a place where mock seafights were exhibited: edidit et navale proelium in veteri naumachia, Suet. Tib. 7; 72; id. Dom. 5.

In the wild

naumachiam Martial, Epigrammata 1.5.1
naumachiam Suetonius, Nero 12.1
naumachiam Suetonius, Divus Claudius 21.6
naumachia Suetonius, Divus Titus 7.3.p2
naumachiae Suetonius, Divus Julius 44.1
naumachiae Historia Augusta, Divus Aurelianus 34

6 of 12 attestations shown.

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