palaestes

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈlae̯s.teːs/, [päˈɫ̪äe̯s̠t̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈles.tes/, [päˈlɛst̪es]

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

• (wrestler): palaestrīta

Related terms

• palaestra
• palaestrica
• palaestricē

• palaestricōs
• palaestricus
• palaestrīta

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.