单词 | gymnasiarch |
释义 | gymnasiarchn. 1. a. Ancient Greek History. An Athenian official whose duty was to superintend athletic schools and games. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > judging or umpiring > [noun] > director of public games agonothete1600 alytarch1646 agonarch1656 Asiarch1658 gymnasiarch1658 athlothete1735 agonistarch1744 editor1791 Syriarch1840 society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > ancient Greek polemarch1579 gymnasiarch1658 syndic1682 xystarch1823 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 529 When they had him amongest them, they chose him Gymnasiarchus, to say, a master of exercises of youth.] 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Gymnasiarch (Greek), the chief governour of a Gymnase which is a place for all manner of exercise, both of minde and body. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. i. §8 [It] was thought so indecent in Carneades..that the Gymnasiarch reproved him for it. 1727 N. Lardner Wks. (1838) I. 196 The Jews refusing to use oil prepared by other people, the gymnasiarchs gave them a certain prescribed piece of money instead of the oil. 1851 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire III. xxviii. 289 To take his seat as gymnasiarch, or director of the public amusements. b. transferred. A leader among athletes. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > athlete gamer1564 athletic1682 athlete1822 gymnasiarch1825 weekend athlete1941 thin-clad1947 Olympian1977 1825 Clias Gymnastics 1 Before he gives his book to the press, this gymnasiarch has manifested a desire to conciliate the suffrages of several learned men. 1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 20 130/2 Of all modern gymnasiarchs, Captain Clias is facile princeps. 1872 Chambers's Jrnl. 30 Mar. 194/2 Joe Rullock, the mighty gymnasiarch. 2. A governor of a school, college, or academy; a head instructor. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > head teacher rector1434 provost1442 headmaster1576 regent1583 gymnasiarch1682 headmistress1730 headteacher1758 principal1827 archididascalus1844 head1889 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 56 Seleucus..was Gymnasiarch, or chief Governour of the Schools. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 92 Having been the first member of the celebrated college of St. Froylan..he came in time to be the gymnasiarc or chief tutor. 1836 W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 431 Wolf..as gymnasiarch and professor. 1884 A. Grant Story Univ. Edinb. I. ii. 85 The Gymnasiarch is to be learned in Theology. Derivatives gymˈnasiarchy n. [ < Greek γυμνασιαρχία] the office or function of gymnasiarch. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > judging or umpiring > [noun] > director of public games > office or function gymnasiarchy1836 society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > ancient Greek > office or function of gymnasiarchy1836 1836 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens (1837) II. 461 The Gymnasiarchy or charge of providing for the expence of the torch race. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xi. 163 Unpaid functions such as the trierarchy, choregy, gymnasiarchy..were distributed in some way or other between the three classes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1658 |
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