pancratium
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Origin of pancratium
1595–1605; < Latin < Greek pankrátion all-power exercise (noun use of neuter adj.), equivalent to pan- pan- + krát ( os ) strength, mastery + -ion, neuter of -ios adj. suffix
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The Lacedaemonians forbid their young men to contend in the pancratium, or with the caestus, in which games the defeated party has to acknowledge himself beaten.
From L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits by Stewart, Aubrey
In the pancratium, a combination of wrestling and boxing, the use of the caestus, and even of the clenched fist, was disallowed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
So you know how they arrange ties for the wrestling or the pancratium?
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
Accordingly we devise elaborate gymnastic exercises, appoint instructors of each variety, and teach one boxing, another the pancratium.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
And the same holds in boxing and in the pancratium?
From Charmides by Jowett, Benjamin
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