στάδιον
στάδιον
-ου, pl. στάδια, τά, or στάδιοι, of [bor., Eng. stadium], stadium, stade, a Greek measure of length, equiv. to six plethra or 600 Greek feet, 582.5 Eng. feet; stadium race or 200-yard dash, the regular short race in Greek games, corresponding to our 100-yard dash.
a stade, = ca. 600 feet
Headword (normalized):
στάδιον
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σταδιον
Intro Text:
στάδιον
-ου, pl. στάδια, τά, or στάδιοι, of [bor., Eng. stadium], stadium, stade, a Greek measure of length, equiv. to six plethra or 600 Greek feet, 582.5 Eng. feet; stadium race or 200-yard dash, the regular short race in Greek games, corresponding to our 100-yard dash.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:anabasis-mather-2166
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