¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gymnasia
1. gymnasium [n] - See also: gymnasium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gymnasia
Literary usage of Gymnasia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"Hermes was the tutelary deity of the gymnasia, aud his statue was consequently
... The earliest regulations which we possess concerning the gymnasia are ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"In Athens, there were five gymnasia, and among them the Academy, ... The gymnasia,
at last, were composed of n number of connected ..."
3. The Cyclopædia of Education: A Dictionary of Information for the Use of by Henry Kiddle, Alexander Jacob Schem (1883)
"The gymnasia comprised seven annual classes, which had for their basis the study of
... Latin was taught in all gymnasia, and in all classes; while Greek, ..."
4. The German Universities for the Last Fifty Years by Johannes Conrad (1885)
"Account of the Present Controversy in Prussia regarding the Salaries and Status
of the Masters in the gymnasia. Whatever opinion may be held as to the ..."
5. Great Cities in America: Their Problems and Their Government by Delos Franklin Wilcox (1910)
"Public baths, gymnasia, and convenience stations. — Boston has undoubtedly done
more than any other American city for the comfort and pleasure of its people ..."
6. Catalogue by Syracuse University, St. Louis, Public school library (1883)
"gymnasia OF THE UNIVERSITY. Several Seminaries of high standing in different
parts of the State have become gymnasia of the University. ..."
7. Report on Education in Europe: To the Trustees of the Girard College for Orphans by Alexander Dallas Bache, Girard College (1839)
"The very fact that the gymnasia are made provincial institutions, and not
immediately dependant on the cental authority, implies varieties in the interior ..."
Other Resources:
Basque