Gymnasium (ancient Greece) the Greek noun γυμνάσιον ("gymnasion"), "gymnastic school", in pl. "bodily exercises" and generally "school" which in turn is derived from the common Greek adjective ("gymnos") meaning "naked", by way of the related verb γυμνάζω ("gymnazo"), whose meaning is "to train naked", "train in gymnastic exercise", generally "to train, to exercise". The verb had this meaning because one undressed for exercise. Historically, the gymnasium was used for exercise, communal bathing, and scholarly and philosophical pursuits. The English noun "gymnast", first recorded in 1594, is formed from the Greek γυμναστής ("gymnastēs"), but in Greek this word means "trainer" not "gymnast". The "palaistra"
Demotic Greek Exceptions are foreign loans like ("bar"), and learned forms (from Ancient Greek , "water"), and exclamations like ("ach!", "oh!") Many dialects go so far as to append the vowel -"e" () to third-person verb forms: instead of ("they write"). Word-final consonant clusters are also rare, again mainly occurring in learned discourse and via foreign loans: ("coal" – scientific) and ("boxing" – sport). Indirect object is usually expressed by with the accusative where Ancient Greek had for accusative of motion toward; bare is used without the article to express indefiniteness duration of time, or contracted with the definite article for definiteness