palestra

pa·les·tra also pa·laes·tra  (p-lstr)

n. pl. pa·les·trae (-tr) or pa·les·tras

A public place in ancient Greece for training and practice in wrestling and other athletics.

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[Middle English palestre, from Old French, from Latin palaestra, from Greek palaistra, from palaiein, to wrestle.]

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pa·lestral, pa·lestri·an adj.

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palaestra, palestra

Ancient Greece. a public place for athletics or wrestling. — palaestric, palestric, adj.

See also: Athletics

Thesaurus

Noun

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palestra - a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes palaestra athletic field, playing area, playing field, field - a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"