παλαίστρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παλαίω (palaíō).
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.lǎi̯s.traː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈlɛs.tra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈlɛs.tra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈles.tra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈles.tra/
Noun
παλαίστρᾱ • (palaístrā) f (genitive παλαίστρᾱς); first declension
- wrestling-school, palaestra
Declension
First declension of ἡ παλαίστρᾱ; τῆς παλαίστρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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, 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.