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palaestra
[ puh-les-truh ]
palaestra
/ -ˈliː-; pəˈlɛstrə /
noun
- (in ancient Greece or Rome) a public place devoted to the training of athletes
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Word History and Origins
Origin of palaestra1
C16: via Latin from Greek palaistra, from palaiein to wrestle
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Example Sentences
The priests deserted the Temple for the palaestra and the young nobles wore the Greek cap.
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The building, he replied, is a newly erected Palaestra; and the entertainment is generally conversation, to which you are welcome.
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Here the place of meeting, which is also a palaestra, is quite forgotten, and the boys play a subordinate part.
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Inside a palaestra, the peristyle ought to be laid out as described above.
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The weakling never appeared in the Palaestra, which even the great Mark Antony did not disdain to visit.
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