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
πᾰλαίστρᾱ • (pălaístrā) f (genitive πᾰλαίστρᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πᾰλαίστρᾱ hē pălaístrā |
τὼ πᾰλαίστρᾱ tṑ pălaístrā |
αἱ πᾰλαῖστραι hai pălaîstrai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πᾰλαίστρᾱς tês pălaístrās |
τοῖν πᾰλαίστραιν toîn pălaístrain |
τῶν πᾰλαιστρῶν tôn pălaistrôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πᾰλαίστρᾳ tēî pălaístrāi |
τοῖν πᾰλαίστραιν toîn pălaístrain |
ταῖς πᾰλαίστραις taîs pălaístrais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πᾰλαίστρᾱν tḕn pălaístrān |
τὼ πᾰλαίστρᾱ tṑ pălaístrā |
τᾱ̀ς πᾰλαίστρᾱς tā̀s pălaístrās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰλαίστρᾱ pălaístrā |
πᾰλαίστρᾱ pălaístrā |
πᾰλαῖστραι pălaîstrai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πᾰλαιστροφῠ́λᾰξ (pălaistrophŭ́lăx)
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[1], 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.