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(adj.Subst.) = παλαιστρικος: pălaestrĭcus, a, um, adj.
* Of or belonging to the paloestra, paloestric: pro exercitu gymnastico et palaestrico hoc habemus,Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 7: palaestrici motūs,the motions of a dancingmaster,Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130: magister,Quint. 2, 8, 7; cf. doctores,id. 12, 2, 12: facies decora et suci palaestrici plena,App. Mag. p. 315.—Sarcastically of Verres: palaestricus praetor, because he illegally decided a cause in favor of a company of wrestlers,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54.
* Subst.
* Pălaestrĭcus, i, m., a teacher of the art of wrestling, Quint. 1, 11, 15.
* Pălae-strĭca, ae, f., the art of wrestling, Quint. 2, 21, 11.—Hence, advv.
* Pălaestrĭcē, after the manner of the paloestra: palaestrice spatiari in xysto,Cic. Opt. Gen. 3.
* In the Greek form pălaestrĭcōs, = παλαιστρικῶς, the same (ante-class.), Afran. ap. Non. 154, 12 (Com. Rel. p. 157, v. 154 Rib.).
* Of or belonging to the paloestra, paloestric: pro exercitu gymnastico et palaestrico hoc habemus,Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 7: palaestrici motūs,the motions of a dancingmaster,Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130: magister,Quint. 2, 8, 7; cf. doctores,id. 12, 2, 12: facies decora et suci palaestrici plena,App. Mag. p. 315.—Sarcastically of Verres: palaestricus praetor, because he illegally decided a cause in favor of a company of wrestlers,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54.
* Subst.
* Pălaestrĭcus, i, m., a teacher of the art of wrestling, Quint. 1, 11, 15.
* Pălae-strĭca, ae, f., the art of wrestling, Quint. 2, 21, 11.—Hence, advv.
* Pălaestrĭcē, after the manner of the paloestra: palaestrice spatiari in xysto,Cic. Opt. Gen. 3.
* In the Greek form pălaestrĭcōs, = παλαιστρικῶς, the same (ante-class.), Afran. ap. Non. 154, 12 (Com. Rel. p. 157, v. 154 Rib.).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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