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pa⋅les⋅tra
[puh-les-truh] 
–noun, plural -tras, -trae [-tree] . Greek Antiquity.
[-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
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·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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Palestra
Pa*les"tra\, n.; pl. L. Palestr[ae], E. Palestras. [NL., fr. L. palaestra, Gr. ?, fr. ? to wrestle.] [Written also pal[ae]stra.] (Antiq.) (a) A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general. (b) A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.
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Language Translation for : palestra
Spanish:
gimnasio; gimnasia,
German:
das Turnen, Turn-…,
Japanese:
体育 (館)
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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