Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek history, a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and certain public games.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gr. Antiq.) An Athenian officer who superintended the gymnasia, and provided the oil and other necessaries at his own expense.
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- noun historical An
Athenian officer whosuperintended thegymnasia and paid for theoil and other necessities.
Etymologies
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Examples
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If e is to stand, transl. “than they get whilst supplied by the gymnasiarch in the torch race,” or
Ways and Means 2007
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At Athens the the leitourgia was the public service performed by the wealthier citizens at their own expense, such as the office of gymnasiarch, who superintended the gymnasium, that of choregus, who paid the singers of a chorus in the theatre, that of the hestiator, who gave a banquet to his tribe, of the trierarchus, who provided a warship for the state.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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The gymnasiarch stands watchfully by, swinging his cane to smite painfully whoever, in over eagerness, breaks away before the signal.
A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life William Stearns Davis 1903
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Out in the sand, near the statue of Hermes (the patron god of gymnasia) is a dignified and self-conscious looking man in a purple edged chiton -- the gymnasiarch, the official manager of the Academy.
A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life William Stearns Davis 1903
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On the same principle, in the case of the coregia, (29) the gymnasiarchy, and the trierarchy, the fact is recognised that it is the rich man who trains the chorus, and the People for whom the chorus is trained; it is the rich man who is trierarch or gymnasiarch, and the People that profits by their labours.
Polity Athenians and Lacedaemonians 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874
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Council, the gymnasiarch, and I know not how many others.
Cleopatra — Volume 09 Georg Ebers 1867
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Council, the gymnasiarch, and I know not how many others.
Cleopatra — Volume 09 Georg Ebers 1867
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Council, the gymnasiarch, and I know not how many others.
Cleopatra — Volume 09 Georg Ebers 1867
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Council, the gymnasiarch, and I know not how many others.
Cleopatra — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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Council, the gymnasiarch, and I know not how many others.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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