palaestrica

Latin

Etymology

Substantive of palaestricus (“of or pertaining to the palaestra”), from Ancient Greek παλαιστρικός (palaistrikós, “of or for the wrestling school”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈlae̯s.tri.ka/, [päˈɫ̪äe̯s̠t̪rɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈles.tri.ka/, [päˈlɛst̪rikä]

Noun

palaestrica f (genitive palaestricae); first declension

1. The art of wrestling.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palaestrica	palaestricae
Genitive	palaestricae	palaestricārum
Dative	palaestricae	palaestricīs
Accusative	palaestricam	palaestricās
Ablative	palaestricā	palaestricīs
Vocative	palaestrica	palaestricae

Related terms

• palaestēs
• palaestra
• palaestricē

• palaestricōs
• palaestricus
• palaestrīta

References

• “palaestrica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press