παλαίστρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παλαίω (palaíō).

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.lǎi̯s.traː/ → /paˈlɛs.tra/ → /paˈles.tra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.lǎi̯s.traː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈlɛs.tra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈlɛs.tra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈles.tra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈles.tra/

Noun

παλαίστρᾱ • (palaístrā) f (genitive παλαίστρᾱς); first declension

1. wrestling-school, palaestra

Declension

First declension of ἡ παλαίστρᾱ; τῆς παλαίστρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ παλαίστρᾱ hē palaístrā	τὼ παλαίστρᾱ tṑ palaístrā	αἱ παλαῖστραι hai palaîstrai
Genitive	τῆς παλαίστρᾱς tês palaístrās	τοῖν παλαίστραιν toîn palaístrain	τῶν παλαιστρῶν tôn palaistrôn
Dative	τῇ παλαίστρᾳ têi palaístrāi	τοῖν παλαίστραιν toîn palaístrain	ταῖς παλαίστραις taîs palaístrais
Accusative	τὴν παλαίστρᾱν tḕn palaístrān	τὼ παλαίστρᾱ tṑ palaístrā	τᾱ̀ς παλαίστρᾱς tā̀s palaístrās
Vocative	παλαίστρᾱ palaístrā	παλαίστρᾱ palaístrā	παλαῖστραι palaîstrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰξ (palaistrophúlax)

Descendants

• → Latin: palaestra (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “παλαίστρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παλαίστρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παλαίστρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • gymnasium idem, page 380.
  • palaestra idem, page 589.
  • school idem, page 739.
  • training school idem, page 887.
  • wrestling school idem, page 993.