单词 | ephebeum |
释义 | ephebeumn. Historical. A court in the palæstra for the young men to exercise themselves. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > gymnasium palaestrac1425 gymnase1598 gymnasium1598 gimnasse1652 gymnade1677 ephebeum1697 vaulting-school1699 gym1871 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. viii. facing p. 39 (caption) The Ephebeum. 1851–2 Archit. Publ. Soc., Detached Ess. (1853) Baths 3/1 The ephebæum (or young men's hexedra). 1901 R. Sturgis Dict. Archit. I. 920 Ephebeion; -eum. In Greek archæology, a place for the youths (epheboi) to exercise; hence, in Greco-Roman archæology, any place for gymnastic exercises, as in connection with Roman thermæ. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1697 |
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