γυμνασία

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A right to use γυμνάσιον, Arist.Pol.1297a17 (s.v.l.); exercise, σωματικὴ γ. 1 Ep.Ti.4.8: pl., IG22.1006.65, SIG1073.19 (Olympia, ii A. D.); of military exercises, ἡ ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις γ. Plb.4.7.6; generally, struggle, Str.3.2.7; αἱ καθ' ἡμέραν γ. lessons, D.H.Comp.20: metaph. of mental exercise, Iamb.Comm.Math.24; freq. of disputation, Pl.Tht.169c, Arist. Top.101a27, al.; training, γ. πρὸς τὰς πολιτικὰς πράξεις Plb.1.1.2.    2 Rhet., practice: hence, arrangement, disposition, τοῦ διηγήματος Theo Prog.4, cf. Aphth.Prog.6.