palaestrita

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παλαιστρίτης (palaistrítēs, “like a wrestler; those who practised in the palaestra”).

Pronunciation

Noun

palaestrīta f (genitive palaestrītae); first declension

  1. The director or manager of a wrestling-school.
  2. A wrestler.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative palaestrīta palaestrītae
genitive palaestrītae palaestrītārum
dative palaestrītae palaestrītīs
accusative palaestrītam palaestrītās
ablative palaestrītā palaestrītīs
vocative palaestrīta palaestrītae

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Italian: palestrita
  • Spanish: palestrita

References

  • “palaestrita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “palaestrita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • palaestrita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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