German

Noun

Stadion n ‎(genitive Stadions, plural Stadien)

1. stadium (a venue for sporting events)
2. stadion (an Ancient Greek unit of length)

Declension

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.di.on/

Proper noun

Stadion m

1. accusative of Stadios

English

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 0871692066 (10), ISBN 978-0871692061 (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 978-0-7864-0971-6)

     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.

Related terms

• stadium

Anagrams

• adonist

Czech

Alternative forms

• stadión m

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

• Hyphenation: sta‧di‧on

Noun

stadion n ‎(plural stadions, diminutive stadionnetje n)

1. (sports) stadium, arena

Finnish

Noun

stadion

1. (sports) stadium
2. stadion

Declension

Anagrams

• sidotan

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

Derived terms

• labdarúgó-stadion

References

1. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

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

Borrowing 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, c ‎(definite singular stadion, indefinite plural stadion, definite plural stadion)

1. a stadium (sporting venue)