pancratium
Americannoun
plural
pancratianoun
Other Word Forms
- pancratic adjective
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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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)
Of the exercises here, that in the clay is called wrestling; the youths in the dust are also called wrestlers, and those who strike each other standing are engaged in what we call the pancratium.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
The forest was impenetrable; but M. Bonpland believed that large clumps of pancratium and other liliaceous plants were concealed in the neighbouring marshes.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von
Instead of the pancratium, let there be contests in which the combatants carry bows and wear light shields and hurl javelins and throw stones.
From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin
Who ever contested at the pancratium with a breast-plate on?
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes
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