单词 | paedotribe |
释义 | paedotribepedotriben. Ancient Greek History. A teacher of wrestling and gymnastics. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > gymnast > teacher gymnastic1572 gymnasticer1574 paedotribe1594 vaulting-master1641 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > teacher paedotribe1594 wrestling-master1714 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course iii. f. 29v Gymnasts, pedotribes, athletes. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pedotribe, an instructer of children, teaching them how to exercise their bodies, and to make them fair and strong. a1822 P. B. Shelley Ess. & Lett. (1852) I. 256 Herodicus being pædotribe..united the gymnastic with the medical art. 1848 Ladies' Repository May 146/1 The children of Athens commenced their education under the Pedotribes, or masters of exercise in the gymnasia. 1925 P. B. Thomas tr. M. Croiset Hellenic Civilization ii. iii. 114 The child went to the palæstra just as soon as his age permitted him to do so; and there under the direction of an experienced ‘pedotribe’ he indulged in a series of graduated exercises. 2002 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 2 Oct. 1 Ancient Greek students saw three types of teachers—grammar teachers who taught reading, writing and math; citharistes, who taught music using the cithara..; and paedotribes, who taught gym class in the palaestra, a gym used for wrestling and gymnastics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1594 |
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