palaestes

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παλαιστής (palaistḗs, “wrestler”).

Pronunciation

Noun

palaestēs m (genitive palaestae); first declension

  1. wrestler

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative palaestēs palaestae
Genitive palaestae palaestārum
Dative palaestae palaestīs
Accusative palaestēn palaestās
Ablative palaestē palaestīs
Vocative palaestē palaestae

Synonyms

References

  • “palaestes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • palaestes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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