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progymnasmata

progymnasmata noun: a series of preliminary rhetorical exercises originated in Ancient Greece, aiming to prepare students for writing declamations after they had completed their education with the grammarians.

Noun

progymnasmata pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only, rhetoric) A series of preliminary rhetorical exercises originated in Ancient Greece, aiming to prepare students for writing declamations after they had completed their education with the grammarians.

Origin of progymnasmata

Ancient Greek προγυμνάσματα (progumnásmata)

Questions about progymnasmata

What does progymnasmata mean?
Progymnasmata means a series of preliminary rhetorical exercises originated in Ancient Greece, aiming to prepare students for writing declamations after they had completed their education with the grammarians.
What part of speech is progymnasmata?
Progymnasmata is a noun.

Words near progymnasmata in the dictionary

  1. proguing
  2. progun
  3. Progya
  4. progymnasium
  5. progymnasiums
  6. progymnasmata
  7. progymnastic
  8. progymnosperm
  9. progymnospermous
  10. progymnosperms
  11. prohaemocyte

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