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γυμνικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γυμνικός

Structure: γυμνικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gumno/s

Sense

  1. of or for gymnastic exercises

Examples

  • ἐπειδὴ Χαρίδημοσ ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ὁπλιτῶν, ἀποσταλεὶσ εἰσ Σαλαμῖνα, καὶ Διότιμοσ ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ἱππέων, ἐν τῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ μάχῃ τῶν στρατιωτῶν τινῶν ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων σκυλευθέντων, ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἀναλωμάτων καθώπλισαν τοὺσ νεανίσκουσ ἀσπίσιν ὀκτακοσίαισ, δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ στεφανῶσαι Χαρίδημον καὶ Διότιμον χρυσῷ στεφάνῳ, καὶ ἀναγορεῦσαι Παναθηναίοισ τοῖσ μεγάλοισ ἐν τῷ γυμνικῷ ἀγῶνι καὶ Διονυσίοισ τραγῳδοῖσ καινοῖσ· (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 167:1)

Synonyms

  1. of or for gymnastic exercises

Related

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

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