The corpus record — Latin

gymnas

gymnas · f

wrestling

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Where it lives

Carmina 3 · 1.34/10k
Silvae 3 · 1.2/10k
Thebais 1 · 0.16/10k

What it meant

gymnas — Lewis & Short

gymnas, ădis, f., = gumna/s,

I wrestling, the exercise of wrestling (in post-Aug. poetry): Herculeā turpatus gymnade, Stat. Th. 4, 106; id. S. 4, 2, 47; Prud. Cont. Sym. 2, 517.—Plur.: exercere protervas Gymnadas, Stat. Ach. 1, 358.

In the wild

gymnade Statius, Thebais 4.106
gymnas Statius, Silvae 3.1.44
gymnade Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 5.162
gymnade Statius, Silvae 4.2.48
gymnade Statius, Silvae 2.2.8
gymnas Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 9.189

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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