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|lshtext=<b>stădĭum</b>: ii, n. (<br /><b>I</b> masc. collat. form, acc. plur. stadios, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15 med.; gen. plur. usu. [[stadium]]; [[but]] stadiorum, Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 247; 4, 1, 2, § 5; 4, 12, 24, § 75), = [[στάδιον]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen., a [[stade]], [[stadium]], a [[distance]] of 125 paces, or 625 Roman feet, [[equal]] to 606 feet 9 inches English; it [[was]] an [[eighth]] [[part]] of a milliarium, or [[somewhat]] [[less]] [[than]] an [[eighth]] of an English [[mile]], Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 85; Col. 5, 1, 6; Censor. de Die Nat. 13; Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1; id. Ac. 2, 31, 100; id. Fam. 16, 2; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 496, 1; Plin. 2, 21, 19, § 83; 2, 108, 112, § 247.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., a racecourse for [[foot]] - [[racing]], of a [[stadium]] in [[length]] ([[among]] the Greeks): qui [[stadium]] currit, Cic. Off. 3, 10, 42: ut in stadio cursores exclamant, id. Tusc. 2, 23, 56; cf. Suet. Dom. 5; Eutr. 7, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., a [[contest]], = [[contentio]] (perh. [[only]] in the foll. passages): in [[stadium]] artis rhetoricae prodire, Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4: in stadio laudis versari, Rutil. Lup. 2, p. 77 (p. 139 Frotscher; [[but]] in Cic. Brut. 64, 230, the [[correct]] [[read]]. is in [[studio]] laudis).
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