- a variation of palestra.
palaestra
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palaestras,
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palaestrae
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noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of palaestra
C16: via Latin from Greek palaistra, from palaiein to wrestle
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Provincial towns such as Bath had their thermae, heated bathing complexes with splendid indoor pools and an attached palaestra for exercising in the revered Greek style.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2012
Look! he is the middle one of those who are entering the palaestra.'
From Theaetetus by Benjamin Jowett
The beauty of the palaestra, and the beauty of the artist's studio, reacted on each other.
From The Renaissance Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater
As well try to be a pentathlos and perform all the five feats of the palaestra with the limbs of a nymph.
From Romola by George Eliot
Afterwards I challenged him to the palaestra; and he wrestled and closed with me several times when there was no one present; I fancied that I might succeed in this manner.
From Symposium by Benjamin Jowett
Next, although the building of palaestrae is not usual in Italy, I think it best to set forth the traditional way, and to show how they are constructed among the Greeks.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
The exercises in the spacious palaestrae had small interest for him; there was always such evident rancor between the factions Blue and Green.
From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Lewis Wallace
The rollers used for smoothing the walks in palaestrae will serve as an example of this method.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
In the palaestrae he was unmatched; he played with the blue-eyed giants from the Rhine and the hornless bulls of Sarmatia as they were willow wisps.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace
In the palaestrae of Rome I am not unknown.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace
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