{"def":{"short":"a stade or certain measure of distance; by implication, a stadium or race-course","long":["a space or distance of about 600 feet (185 m)","a race course",["place in which contests in running were held, the one who outstripped the rest and reached the goal first, receiving the prize"]]},"deriv":"from the base of G2476 (as fixed)","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈstɑ.ði.on","ipa_mod":"ˈstɑ.ði.own","sbl":"stadion","dic":"STA-thee-one","dic_mod":"STA-thee-one"},"see":["G2476"],"comment":"Courses of this description were found in most of the larger Greek cities and were like that at Olympia: 600 Greek feet in length."}