γυμν-άζω,
fut. -άσω: aor. ἐγύμνασα A. Ag. 540: pf. γεγύμνακα Id. Pr. 586 (lyr.): - Med., (v. infr.): - Pass., aor. ἐγυμνάσθην [ D. ] 61.43: pf. γεγύμνασμαι (v. infr.): (γυμνός): -
I
1. train naked, train in gymnastic exercise: generally, train, exercise, τὸ σῶμα, τὴν ψυχήν, Isoc. 2.11; ἑαυτὸν καὶ τοὺς ἵππους X. An. 1.2.7; ἑαυτὸν πρός τι Arr. Epict. 2.18.27: c. inf., γ. τοὺς παῖδάς τι ποιεῖν train or accustom them to do a thing, X. Cyr. 1.6.32; γ. τινά τινι accustom him to it, ib. 1.2.10; τινὰ περί τι Isoc. 10.5; teach rhetoric, Phld. Rh. 2.50S.: - Med., exercise for oneself, practise, γυμνάσασθαι τέχνην Pl. Grg. 514e; τὰ περὶ τὰς διαίτας Str. 14.2.19; γυμνάσιον τὸ εἰωθός Ael. VH 5.6; practise gymnastic exercises, Thgn. 1335, Hdt. 7.208, Th. 1.6. etc.; δρόμῳ IG 4.955.8 (ii A. D.), etc.; generally, practise, ναῦς -ομένας X. HG 1.1.16; of a disputer, Arist. Top. 108a13, etc.: - Pass., ὁ γεγυμνασμένος the trained or practised orator, opp. ὁ εὐφυής, Id. Rh. 1410b8; γεγυμνάσθαι πρός τι, ἔντινι, be trained or practised for or in a thing, Pl. Lg. 626b, 635c; περὶ τὰ ὅπλα γυμνάζεσθαι X. HG 6.5.23: c. acc., τὰ πρὸς τὰς πολεμικὰς πράξεις γεγυμνασμένοι τὰς ἕξεις.. Arist. Pol. 1319a22; θήραν Philostr. VA 3.9: c. gen., γεγ. θαλάττης, πολέμων, σοφίας, Id. Her. 2.15, 3.1, 10.1; καρδία γεγ. πλεονεξίας τινί [2Pe 2:14]; also ὕδωρ ὑπὸ συνεχῶν πληγῶν γεγ. καὶ κεκαθαρμένον J. AJ 3.1.2.
2. prepare, βιβλίδιον PFlor. 338.4 (iii A. D.).
II metaph.,
1. wear out, harass, ἄδην με.. πλάναι γεγυμνάκασι A. Pr. 586; ἔρως πατρῴας τῆσδε γῆς σ’ ἐγύμνασε Id. Ag. 540; κρυμὸς.. πλευρὰ γυμνάζει χολῆς, of pleurisy, E. Fr. 682: - Pass., τοὺς ὑπερμήκεις δρόμους.. γυμνάζεται A. Pr. 592.
2. investigate, Sammelb. 5941.12 (Pass., vi A. D.).
III = cross γυμνόω, PSI 1.70 (Pass., vi A. D.).
G1128 — γυμνάζω
(perfect passive participle γεγυμνασμενοσ'; (γυμνός); common in Greek writings from Aeschylus down;
1. properly, to exercise naked (in the palaestra).
2. to exercise vigorously, in any way, either the body or the mind: ἑαυτόν πρός εὐσέβειαν, of one who strives earnestly to become godly, [1Ti 4:7]; γεγυμνασμενος exercised, [Heb 5:14]; [Heb 12:11]; καρδίαν γεγυμνασμένην πλεονεξίας (Rec. πλεονεξίαις), a soul that covetousness or the love of gain has trained in its crafty ways, [2Pe 2:14]; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 4.
** γυμνάζω
( < γυμνός ),
[in LXX : 2Ma 10:15 * ;]
1. properly, to exercise naked.
2. Generally, to exercise, train the body or mind: [1Ti 4:7], [Heb 5:14]; [Heb 12:11], [2Pe 2:14]. †