stadion

See also: Stadion and stadión

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion).

Noun

stadion (plural stadia)

  1. A Greek unit of measurement, equivalent to six plethra or six hundred podes, which, though varying in precise length, is generally accepted to be equivalent to approximately 185·4 metres.
    • 1883: Franz von Reber (translated by Joseph Thacher Clarke), History of ancient art, p257 (S. Low…)
      The stadion did not suffice for the races of horses and chariots which had been favorites with the Greeks since the Trojan war.
    • 1993: David Gilman Romano, Athletics and Mathematics in Archaic Corinth: The Origins of the Greek Stadion, p1 (Diane Publishing Co.; →ISBN (10), →ISBN (13))
      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.
    • 2001: Edward Seldon Sears, Running Through the Ages, p26 (McFarland, →ISBN
      Stadion Race (200 meters)
        The winner of the Stadion race could justifiably be called the fastest man in the Greek world. According to legend, Herakles, whose feet were 0·32 meters (12·7 inches) long, stepped-off the Stadion at Olympia. Since he chose a distance of 600 “feet”, this made the race at Olympia 192 meters. Herakles staged a race for his brothers, the Kouretes, and crowned the victor with a branch of wild olive. Although the Greek Stadion race was always 600 feet, other Greek gods had “feet” of different lengths. This caused the length of the Stadion race to vary slightly from stadium to stadium. This list of Olympic victors compiled by Hippias in about 400 B.C. lists the Stadion race as the only event in the first 13 Olympic games. Coreobus of Elis, a cook, was the victor in the Stadion race in 776 B.C. and thus the first recorded Olympic victor.

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Czech

Alternative forms

Noun

stadion m

  1. stadium (venue where sporting events are held)

Danish

Noun

stadion n (definite singular stadionet, indefinite plural stadioner / stadions, definite plural stadionerne)

  1. a stadium (sporting venue)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: sta‧di‧on

Noun

stadion n (plural stadions, diminutive stadionnetje n)

  1. (sports) stadium, arena

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion).

Noun

stadion

  1. (sports) stadium
  2. stadion (unit of measure)

Declension

Inflection of stadion (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative stadion stadionit
genitive stadionin stadionien
stadioneiden
stadioneitten
partitive stadionia stadioneita
stadioneja
illative stadioniin stadioneihin
singular plural
nominative stadion stadionit
accusative nom. stadion stadionit
gen. stadionin
genitive stadionin stadionien
stadioneiden
stadioneitten
partitive stadionia stadioneita
stadioneja
inessive stadionissa stadioneissa
elative stadionista stadioneista
illative stadioniin stadioneihin
adessive stadionilla stadioneilla
ablative stadionilta stadioneilta
allative stadionille stadioneille
essive stadionina stadioneina
translative stadioniksi stadioneiksi
instructive stadionein
abessive stadionitta stadioneitta
comitative stadioneineen

Anagrams


Hungarian

Etymology

From German Stadion (stadium), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃtɒdiʲon]
  • Hyphenation: sta‧di‧on

Noun

stadion (plural stadionok)

  1. stadium (venue where sporting events are held)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative stadion stadionok
accusative stadiont stadionokat
dative stadionnak stadionoknak
instrumental stadionnal stadionokkal
causal-final stadionért stadionokért
translative stadionná stadionokká
terminative stadionig stadionokig
essive-formal stadionként stadionokként
essive-modal
inessive stadionban stadionokban
superessive stadionon stadionokon
adessive stadionnál stadionoknál
illative stadionba stadionokba
sublative stadionra stadionokra
allative stadionhoz stadionokhoz
elative stadionból stadionokból
delative stadionról stadionokról
ablative stadiontól stadionoktól
Possessive forms of stadion
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. stadionom stadionjaim
2nd person sing. stadionod stadionjaid
3rd person sing. stadionja stadionjai
1st person plural stadionunk stadionjaink
2nd person plural stadionotok stadionjaitok
3rd person plural stadionjuk stadionjaik

Derived terms

  • labdarúgó-stadion

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

stadion n (definite singular stadionet, indefinite plural stadion / stadioner, definite plural stadiona / stadionene)

  1. a stadium (sporting venue)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

stadion n (definite singular stadionet, indefinite plural stadion, definite plural stadiona)

  1. a stadium (sporting venue)

Polish

stadion

Noun

stadion m inan

  1. (sports) stadium

Declension


Romanian

stadion

Etymology

Borrowed from German Stadion.

Noun

stadion n (plural stadioane)

  1. stadium (venue where sporting events are held)

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion).

Noun

stȁdiōn m (Cyrillic spelling ста̏дио̄н)

  1. (sports) stadium
  2. (unit of measure) stadion

Declension


Swedish

Noun

stadion n or c (definite singular stadion, indefinite plural stadion, definite plural stadion)

  1. a stadium (sporting venue)
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