γυμνασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡym.na.sí.aː/ → /ʝym.naˈsi.a/ → /ʝim.naˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡym.na.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡym.naˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝym.naˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝym.naˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝim.naˈsi.a/

Noun

γυμνᾰσίᾱ • (gumnasíā) f (genitive γυμνασίᾱς); first declension

1. exercise

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γυμνασίᾱ; τῆς γυμνασίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γυμνασίᾱ hē gumnasíā	τὼ γυμνασίᾱ tṑ gumnasíā	αἱ γυμνασίαι hai gumnasíai
Genitive	τῆς γυμνασίᾱς tês gumnasíās	τοῖν γυμνασίαιν toîn gumnasíain	τῶν γυμνασιῶν tôn gumnasiôn
Dative	τῇ γυμνασίᾳ têi gumnasíāi	τοῖν γυμνασίαιν toîn gumnasíain	ταῖς γυμνασίαις taîs gumnasíais
Accusative	τὴν γυμνασίᾱν tḕn gumnasíān	τὼ γυμνασίᾱ tṑ gumnasíā	τᾱ̀ς γυμνασίᾱς tā̀s gumnasíās
Vocative	γυμνασίᾱ gumnasíā	γυμνασίᾱ gumnasíā	γυμνασίαι gumnasíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (exercise): γύμνασις (gúmnasis)

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲅⲩⲙⲛⲁⲥⲓⲁ (gumnasia)

References

• “γυμνασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γυμνασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γυμνασία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γυμνασία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1129 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • drill idem, page 252.
  • exercise idem, page 291.
  • training idem, page 887.