γυμν-ᾰσία, ἡ,
right to use γυμνάσιον, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1297a17 (assuming variant)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; exercise, σωματικὴ γ. [[ NT.1Tim.4.8: _plural_, “IG” 22.1006.65, “SIG” 1073.19 (Olympia, 2nd c.AD)] NT+2nd c.AD+]; of military exercises, ἡ ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις γ. [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.7.6 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; generally, struggle, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.2.7; αἱ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν γ. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]lessons, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 20 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: metaphorically of mental exercise, [[ 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 24 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; frequently of disputation, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 169c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 101a27, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; training, γ. πρὸς τὰς πολιτικὰς πράξεις [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.1.2. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2 Rhet., practice: hence, arrangement, disposition, τοῦ διηγήματος Theo [[ “Prog.” 4, compare 4th-5th c.AD: Aphthonius Rhetor “Προγυμνάσματα - Rhet.” 6. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]