A.“ἐγύμνασα” A.Ag.540: pf. “γεγύμνακα” Id.Pr.586 (lyr.) :—Med., (v. infr.):—Pass., aor. ἐγυμνάσθην [D.]61.43: pf. γεγύμνασμαι (v. infr.): (γυμνός):—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.VH5.6; practise gymnastic exercises, Thgn. 1335, Hdt.7.208, Th.1.6. etc.; “δρόμῳ” IG4.955.8 (ii A. D.), etc.; generally, practise, “ναῦς -ομένας” X.HG1.1.16; 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.HG6.5.23: c. acc., “τὰ πρὸς τὰς πολεμικὰς πράξεις γεγυμνασμένοι τὰς ἕξεις . .” Arist.Pol.1319a22; “θήραν” Philostr.VA3.9: c. gen., γεγ. θαλάττης, πολέμων, σοφίας, Id.Her.2.15,3.1,10.1; “καρδία γεγ. πλεονεξίας τινί” 2 Ep.Pet.2.14; also “ὕδωρ ὑπὸ συνεχῶν πληγῶν γεγ. καὶ κεκαθαρμένον” J.AJ3.1.2.
2. prepare, “βιβλίδιον” PFlor.338.4 (iii A. D.).
II. metaph., 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. = γυμνόω, PSI1.70 (Pass., vi A. D.).
