γυμναστής

Ancient Greek

From γῠμνᾰ́ζω (gŭmnắzō, “to train, exercise”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).

γῠμνᾰστής • (gŭmnăstḗs) m (genitive γῠμνᾰστοῦ); first declension

First declension of ὁ γῠμνᾰστής; τοῦ γῠμνᾰστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γῠμνᾰστής ho gŭmnăstḗs	τὼ γῠμνᾰστᾱ́ tṑ gŭmnăstā́	οἱ γῠμνᾰσταί hoi gŭmnăstaí
Genitive	τοῦ γῠμνᾰστοῦ toû gŭmnăstoû	τοῖν γῠμνᾰσταῖν toîn gŭmnăstaîn	τῶν γῠμνᾰστῶν tôn gŭmnăstôn
Dative	τῷ γῠμνᾰστῇ tōî gŭmnăstēî	τοῖν γῠμνᾰσταῖν toîn gŭmnăstaîn	τοῖς γῠμνᾰσταῖς toîs gŭmnăstaîs
Accusative	τὸν γῠμνᾰστήν tòn gŭmnăstḗn	τὼ γῠμνᾰστᾱ́ tṑ gŭmnăstā́	τοὺς γῠμνᾰστᾱ́ς toùs gŭmnăstā́s
Vocative	γῠμνᾰστᾰ́ gŭmnăstắ	γῠμνᾰστᾱ́ gŭmnăstā́	γῠμνᾰσταί gŭmnăstaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γῠμνᾰστής (gŭmnăstḗs).^[1]

γυμναστής • (gymnastís) m (plural γυμναστές, feminine γυμνάστρια)

Note: this does not mean gymnast, which is instead denoted by αθλητής της γυμναστικής (athlitís tis gymnastikís).

γυμνάζω (gymnázo, “to train, to exercise”)
ενόργανη γυμναστική f (enórgani gymnastikí, “gymnastics”, literally “artistic or instrumental exercise”)

^ γυμναστής, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language