Meaning of "gymnasiarch" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GYMNASIARCH

From Latin, from Greek gymnasiarchos, from gymnasion gymnasium + -archos ruling.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GYMNASIARCH

gymnasiarch  [dʒɪmˈneɪzɪˌɑːk]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GYMNASIARCH

Gymnasiarch is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GYMNASIARCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gymnasiarch

Gymnasiarch was the name of an official of ancient Greece whose rank and duties varied widely in different places and at different times. In Athens during the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E., a gymnasiarch was chosen annually from each tribe to bear the expenses of the torch races. The duties included the payment of all expenses connected with the training of the competitors, and the office was one of the most expensive of the public services demanded by Athens of her wealthy citizens. The name seems to imply that the gymnasiarch had also certain rights and duties in the gymnasia during the training of the youths, but there is no definite information on this subject. After the establishment of the Macedonian power, there was a change at Athens. One gymnasiarch was chosen annually, and his office was one of great dignity. He had the general oversight of order and discipline in the gymnasium of the ephebi and sometimes financed heavy expenses from his own purse.

Definition of gymnasiarch in the English dictionary

The definition of gymnasiarch in the dictionary is an official who supervised athletic schools and contests. Other definition of gymnasiarch is the governor or chief tutor of an academy or college.

TRANSLATION OF GYMNASIARCH

Find out the translation of gymnasiarch to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of gymnasiarch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gymnasiarch» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: gymnasiarch
• Translator English - Spanish: gimnasiarca
• English: gymnasiarch
• Translator English - Hindi: gymnasiarch
• Translator English - Arabic: gymnasiarch
• Translator English - Russian: gymnasiarch
• Translator English - Portuguese: gymnasiarch
• Translator English - Bengali: gymnasiarch
• Translator English - French: gymnasiarch
• Translator English - Malay: Gymnasiarch
• Translator English - German: Gymnasiarchen
• Translator English - Japanese: gymnasiarch
• Translator English - Korean: gymnasiarch
• Translator English - Javanese: Gymnasiarch
• Translator English - Vietnamese: gymnasiarch
• Translator English - Tamil: பழங்கால கிரேக்க நாட்டில் உடற்பயிற்சி முதலான ஆட்ட முதல்வர்
• Translator English - Marathi: व्यायामशाळा
• Translator English - Turkish: gymnasion
• Translator English - Italian: ginnasiarca
• Translator English - Polish: gymnasiarch
• Translator English - Ukrainian: gymnasiarch
• Translator English - Romanian: gymnasiarch
• Translator English - Greek: γυμνασιαρχίας
• Translator English - Afrikaans: gymnasiarch
• Translator English - Swedish: gymnasiarch
• Translator English - Norwegian: gymnasiarch

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GYMNASIARCH»

Discover the use of gymnasiarch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gymnasiarch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Alexandrian Riots of 38 C.E. and the Persecution of the ...

the Alexandrian gymnasiarch (Acta IV; Rec. B, col. ii, l. 34 [cf. Rec. A, col. ii, ll. 2–3 ]). One line in the Letter of Claudius to the Alexandrians praises the reform the Alexandrian ambassadors proposed to limit the gymnasiarchy to no more than ...

Sandra Gambetti, 2009

Güterbegriff und Handlungstheorie:

Any one of them would yield a very early case of a gymnasiarch with an Egyptian name84. The text allows for the possibility that voluntary gym- nasiarchs offer themselves. In that case Achonares or one of his associates would have to wait his ...

Leon Mooren, 2000

Ancient Greek Laws: A Sourcebook

Neaniskoi49 are not permitted either to enter the area of boys or to speak to them ; if they do, the gymnasiarch will reprimand and impose a fine to anyone violating this provision; the paidotribai50 shall come twice a day to the gymnasion, at the ...

Ilias Arnaoutoglou, 2008

The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest: ...

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 All those who frequent the gymnasium shall obey whoever is appointed by the gymnasiarch to act as leader, as is specified for the gymnasiarch; whoever does not obey (the leader), the gymnasiarch shall punish him with ...

M. M. Austin, 2006

The Hellenistic Period: Historical Sources in Translation

If he does, the gymnasiarch shall prevent him and fine him fifty drachmas. All those who frequent the gymnasium shall obey whoever is appointed by the gymnasiarch to act as leader, as is specified for the gymnasiarch; whoever does not obey ...

Roger S. Bagnall, Peter Derow, 2008

A Biographical Sketch of the Swedish Poet and Gymnasiarch, ...

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.

Augustus Georgii, 2010

A History of Education in Antiquity

Nothing of the same kind in Greece: it is true that inscriptions have been found in twenty-nine cities dated with the gymnasiarch's name (J. Oehler, in Pauly- Wissowa, VII, 2, c. 1981), but all that this means is a kind of eponymy relating to the ...

Henri Irénée Marrou, 1956

Sports, Virtues and Vices: Morality Plays

All those who come to the gymnasium shall obey the person whom the gymnasiarch appoints as leader, as is prescribed by the gymnasiarch. The gymnasiarch will flog whoever does not obey (the leader) with a rod, and fine the others.

Mike McNamee, 2008

The Victor's Crown: A History of Ancient Sport from Homer to ...

No one shall verbally abuse the gymnasiarch in the gymnasium; if he does, the gymnasiarch will fine him fifty drachmas. If someone strikes the gymnasiarch in the gymnasium, those who are present shall stop and prevent him, and the ...

David Potter, 2011

Peter Henry Ling, the Swedish Gymnasiarch

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

Hartwell M, 2010