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
The Athletæ were naked only in some exercises, as wrestling, boxing, the pancratium, and the foot-race.
From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles
Tiridates one day viewed an exhibition of pancratium.
From Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster by Foster, Herbert Baldwin
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)
Pancratiast, competitor in the pancratium, a combined contest which comprised boxing and wrestling.
From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome
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