palaestra
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noun
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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
It was sometimes termed the palaestra, though this name was afterwards restricted to the training-school of the athletes proper, who made gymnastics the business of their lives.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various
They then devoted their lives to attaining excellence in these exercises, and withdrew to the palaestra, or training-school.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various
Whether the habits of the palaestra are suitable to them is more doubtful, for the ordinary gymnastic is a sleepy sort of thing, and if left off suddenly is apt to endanger health.
From The Republic by Jowett, Benjamin
The trainer, or teacher in the palaestra, was termed xystarch.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various
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 Wallace, Lewis
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 Wallace, Lewis
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 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
Every rib in the round body was discernible; yet the leanness was the healthful reduction so strained after in the palaestrae.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis
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