palaestrica

Latin

Etymology

Substantive of palaestricus (“of or pertaining to the palaestra”), from Ancient Greek παλαιστρικός (palaistrikós, “of or for the wrestling school”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /paˈlae̯s.tri.ka/, [päˈɫ̪äe̯s̠t̪rɪkä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈles.tri.ka/, [päˈlɛst̪rikä]

Noun

palaestrica f (genitive palaestricae); first declension

The art of wrestling.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palaestrica	palaestricae
Genitive	palaestricae	palaestricārum
Dative	palaestricae	palaestricīs
Accusative	palaestricam	palaestricās
Ablative	palaestricā	palaestricīs
Vocative	palaestrica	palaestricae

Related terms

References

“palaestrica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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