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quinquertĭum

quinquertĭum · n

the five sorts of bodily exercises for youth

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What it meant

quinquertĭum — Lewis & Short

quinquertĭum, ii, n.quinque-ars,

I the five sorts of bodily exercises for youth (discus, cursus, saltus, lucta, jaculatio): quinquertium vocabant antiqui, quem Graeci pe/ntaqlon . . . Livius quoque (Andron.) ipsos athletas sic nominat: quinquertiones praeco in medium vocat, Fest. p. 257 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 256 ib.

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