παγκράτιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παγκρατής (pankratḗs, all powerful) + -ιον (-ion), from πᾰν- (pan-, all, every) + κράτος (krátos, strength, power).

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Noun

πᾰγκρᾰ́τῐον • (pankrátion) n (genitive πᾰγκρᾰτῐ́ου); second declension

  1. pankration, a complete contest, an exercise of the Greek youths which combined both wrestling and boxing
  2. sea onion (Drimia maritima)
    • Pedanius Dioscorides, Materia Medica 2.203

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