Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

γυμνητικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γυμνητικός

Structure: γυμνητικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gumnh/s

Sense

  1. of or for a light-armed soldier

Examples

  • οἱ δὲ ἔφηβοι καὶ κοιμῶνται περὶ τὰ ἀρχεῖα σὺν τοῖσ γυμνητικοῖσ ὅπλοισ πλὴν τῶν γεγαμηκότων· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 2 5:4)

Synonyms

  1. of or for a light-armed soldier

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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