单词 | agonistarch |
释义 | † agonistarchn. Obsolete. (a) A trainer of combatants for public games in the ancient Greek or Roman world. (b) = agonothete n. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > judging or umpiring > [noun] > director of public games agonothete1600 alytarch1646 agonarch1656 Asiarch1658 gymnasiarch1658 athlothete1735 agonistarch1744 editor1791 Syriarch1840 1744 Suppl. to Dr. Harris's Dict. Arts & Sci. Agonistarque, a Person whose Business it is to see the Athletæ exercised before the Combat. 1763 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. (ed. 2) I. 70/1 Agonistarcha, in antiquity, the officer who directed the preparatory exercises of the athletæ; though some make him the same with the agonotheta. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. I. Agonistarch,..he who took charge of the combatants, that they might be exercised previous to the contests. 1864 S. R. Ford Raids & Romance of Morgan (new ed.) xlvii. 260 When at school, he was always the leader in all disputes and combats—the agonistarch of the neighborhood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1744 |
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