- palaestras
- n. ancient Greek wrestling gymnasium; wrestling school
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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Conisterium — A conisterium (or conisterion) was an apartment in Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece gymnasiums. It was where sand or dust was stored, for use by wrestlers after they had been anointed with oil.[1] They would either sprinkle it on themselves,[2] or … Wikipedia
palaestra — /peuh les treuh/, n., pl. palaestras, palaestrae / tree/. Gk. Antiq. palestra. * * * … Universalium
wrestling — /res ling/, n. 1. a sport in which two opponents struggle hand to hand in order to pin or press each other s shoulders to the mat or ground, with the style, rules, and regulations differing widely in amateur and professional matches. Cf. catch as … Universalium
Hellenistic Age — In the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, the period between the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) and the conquest of Egypt by Rome (30 BC). Alexander and his successors established Greek monarchies that controlled the area from… … Universalium
CEROMA — unguentum ex oleo, pulvere ac cera mixtum, quô priscis temporibus Luctatores, ante certamen, inungi solebant, in ea parte Gymnasii, quae Alipterium seu Unctuarium, aliquando etiam, ut apud Plinium, Senecam ac D. Hieronymum videre est, Ceroma hinc … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
CHOREA — nomen saltationem denotans, und eortum, docet Mercurialis: Loca, inquiens, ubi saltationes peragerentur, primo, cum nondum excultae essent, fuêre vici, et plateae publicae; deinde, cum maiorem dignitatem atque ornamentum recepissent, ad… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
EPHEBAEUM mel. EPHEBEUM vel EPHEBIUM — EPHEBAEUM, mel. EPHEBEUM vel EPHEBIUM secunda pars Gymnasiorum apud Vett. ubi illi convenire, atque de praemiis et exercendi genere pactiones facere solebant, qui simul exerceri volebant atque certare: quamquam Philander in ea fuit sententia,… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
ICADES — Graece Ε᾿κάδες, feriae in honorem Epicuri institutae. Plin. l. 35. c. 2. Iidem palaestras athletarum imaginibus et ceromata sua exornant, et vultus Epicuri per cubicula gestant ac circumferunt secum. Natali eius vicesima Lunâ sacrificant,… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
