στάδιον

stavdion stavdion,
stadiou, plural
tav
stadia ( Tdf.), and
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stadioi (so ( Tr text WH text); ; (not Tdf.); (R^elz G L WH marginal reading); ; ,; in the other passages, the gender is not apparent (see Tdf. Proleg., p. 117; WH's Appendix, p. 157); Kr?ger, sec. 19, 2, 1) (
STAW,
i{sthmi; hence, properly, `established,' that which stands fast, a `stated' distance, a `fixed standard' of length), a stadium, i. e.1. a measure of length comprising 600 Greek feet, or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces (Pliny, h. n. 2, 23 (21), 85), hence, one-eighth of a Roman mile (i. e. 606 3/4 English feet (about 15 miles less than one-fifth of a kilometer)); the space or distance of that length (A. V. a furlong): ( Tr text WH text); ; ; ; ; .2. a race-course, i. e. place in which contests in running were held; the one who outstripped the rest, and reached the goal first, receiving the prize: (here A. V. race). Courses of this description were to be found in most of the larger Greek cities, and were, like that at Olympia, 600 Greek feet in length. Cf. Winer's RWB, under the word Sigdium; Grundt in Schenkel, under the word, vol. v., 375f; (BB. DD. under the word Games).*