Gymnasion
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of gymnasium. alt-of, alternative, historical
"The most extensive employment of columns in civic architecture was in the porticos, the stoas, which surrounded the market-places and extended through many streets, being connected with baths, gymnasions, palaestras, stadia, and hippodromes, and even appearing as independent buildings."
Example
More examples"The most extensive employment of columns in civic architecture was in the porticos, the stoas, which surrounded the market-places and extended through many streets, being connected with baths, gymnasions, palaestras, stadia, and hippodromes, and even appearing as independent buildings."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γῠμνᾰ́σιον (gŭmnắsion).
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