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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the stem of γυμνάζω (gumnázō, “to exercise”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), and -ιον (-ion), neuter of adjective suffix -ιος (-ios).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡym.ná.si.on/ → /ʝymˈna.si.on/ → /ʝimˈna.si.on/
Noun
γῠμνᾰ́σιον • (gumnásion) n (genitive γῠμνᾰσίου); second declension
- (in the plural) bodily exercises
- gymnastic school, school
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- “γυμνάσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γυμνάσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- γυμνάσιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γυμνάσιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “γυμνάσιον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.