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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes [syn: palestra, palaestra]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural palaestrae) Etymology: Middle English palestre arena, from Latin palaestra place for wrestling, from Greek palaistra, from palaiein to wrestle Date: 1580 1. a school in ancient Greece or Rome for sports (as wrestling) 2. gymnasium

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also palestra) Gk & Rom. Antiq. a wrestling-school or gymnasium. Etymology: ME f. L palaestra f. Gk palaistra f. palaio wrestle

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Palaestra Pa*l[ae]s"tra, n. See Palestra.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Palestra Pa*les"tra, n.; pl. L. Palestr[ae], E. Palestras. [NL., fr. L. palaestra, Gr. ?, fr. ? to wrestle.] [Written also pal[ae]stra.] (Antiq.) (a) A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general. (b) A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.

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