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Definition of palaestra - 6 dictionary results

pa⋅laes⋅tra

  [puh-les-truh]
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–noun, plural -tras, -trae  [-tree] .
Greek Antiquity. palestra.

pa⋅les⋅tra

  [puh-les-truh]
–noun, plural -tras, -trae  [-tree] . Greek Antiquity.
a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
Also, palaestra.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME palestre < L palaestra a wrestling school, place of exercise < Gk palaístra, equiv. to palais-, var. s. of palaíein to wrestle + -tra fem. n. suffix of place
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pa·laes·tra   (pə-lěs'trə)   
n.  Variant of palestra.
pa·les·tra also pa·laes·tra   (pə-lěs'trə)   
n.   pl. pa·les·trae also pa·laes·trae (-trē) or pa·les·tras also pa·laes·tras
A public place in ancient Greece for training and practice in wrestling and other athletics.

[Middle English palestre, from Old French, from Latin palaestra, from Greek palaistra, from palaiein, to wrestle.]
pa·les'tral, pa·les'tri·an adj.
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Word Origin & History

palaestra 
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palestra 
1412, from O.Fr. palestre (12c.), from L. palæstra, from Gk. palaistra "gymnasium, public place for exercise," originally "wrestling school," from palaiein "to wrestle" (of unknown origin) + -tra, suffix denoting place.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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