"gigantomachy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒaɪɡænˈtɒməki/ Forms: gigantomachies [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Γιγαντομαχία (Gigantomakhía), from Γίγας (Gígas, “giant”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle”) + -ια (-ia). Compare Titanomachy, Typhonomachy, centauromachy. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|grc|Γιγαντομαχία}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Γιγαντομαχία (Gigantomakhía) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gigantomachy (countable and uncountable, plural gigantomachies)
  1. (Greek mythology) The battle of the Giants (offspring of Gaia, according to Hesiod conceived from the spilt blood of Uranus) against the Olympian gods. Tags: Greek, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Greek mythology Translations (uprising of the Giants against the Olympian gods): gigantomakhia (Finnish), gigantomachie [feminine] (French), gigantomachia [feminine] (Italian), gigantomachia [feminine] (Polish), gigantomaquia [feminine] (Portuguese), gigantomahie [feminine] (Romanian), gigantomaquia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-gigantomachy-en-noun-Iu1QzMki Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -machy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -machy: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 80 20 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'uprising of the Giants against the Olympian gods': 84 16
  2. (by extension) Any battle envisaged as being waged by giants against gods or against an established universal order. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-gigantomachy-en-noun-H7-b7szu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Gigantomachy

Inflected forms

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