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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A series of preliminary rhetorical exercises originated in Ancient Greece, aiming to prepare students for writing declamations after they had completed their education with the grammarians. historical, plural, plural-only

Etymology

Ancient Greek προγυμνάσματα (progumnásmata)

Related phrases

ancient greece

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