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palaestricus

palaestricus · adj

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Where it lives

De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k
Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k
Institutio Oratoria 2 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

pălaestrĭcus — Lewis & Short

pălaestrĭcus, a, um, adj., = palaistrikos,

I of or belonging to the palœstra, palœstric: 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.—

II Subst.

A pălaestrĭcus, i, m., a teacher of the art of wrestling, Quint. 1, 11, 15.—

B pălae-strĭca, ae, f., the art of wrestling, Quint. 2, 21, 11.—Hence, advv.

1 pălaestrĭcē, after the manner of the palœstra: palaestrice spatiari in xysto, Cic. Opt. Gen. 3.—

2 In the Greek form pălaestrĭcōs, = palaistrikw=s, the same (ante-class.), Afran. ap. Non. 154, 12 (Com. Rel. p. 157, v. 154 Rib.).

In the wild

palaestrica Tertullian, De Spectaculis 18.1
palaestrica Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 2.21.11
palaestrico Plautus, Rudens 2.1
palaestricus Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 2.8.7

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