Stadion

Quick meaning: Stadion is a noun meaning Synonym of stadium (“Ancient Greek racecourse”).

Meaning

Synonym of stadium (“Ancient Greek racecourse”).

More Meanings

1. (historical) A Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres.

Example Sentences

Major Lacius, together with his soldiers, met the group in a place about two stadions from the court.

The stadion did not suffice for the races of horses and chariots which had been favorites with the Greeks since the Trojan war.

Nor can we think of these buildings as minor architectural incidents when we learn that the stadion at Athens seated between forty and fifty thousand people.

The stadion was used specifically for human athletic contests whereas the Greek hippodrome and later the Roman circus were used for equestrian events. The gymnasion and the palaistra were used for training purposes for human athletic events.

Word Forms

• stadia
• stadions

Synonyms for stadion

Depending on context, synonyms include furlong, stade, stadium.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stadium, stade, ground, estadal, staio, venue.

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