stadions

Noun

stadion (plural stadia or stadions)

1. (historical) A Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres.
   • The stadion did not suffice for the races of horses and chariots which had been favorites with the Greeks since the Trojan war.1883: Franz von Reber (translated by Joseph Thacher Clarke), History of ancient art, p257 (S. Low…)

   Synonyms:

   furlong, stade, stadium

2. Synonym of stadium (“Ancient Greek racecourse”).
   • The stadion did not suffice for the races of horses and chariots which had been favorites with the Greeks since the Trojan war. In such early ages, any goal chosen in the plain was sufficient, like the oak-trunk mentioned by Homer; but it could not have been long before the need was manifest of a...1882, Franz von Reber, translated by Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], pages 17–18

   Synonyms:

   stadium