The corpus record

παγκρᾰτ-ιάζω

pagkratiazo

perform the exercises of the παγκράτιον

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Where it lives

Charmides 1 · 1.2/10k
Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

παγκρᾰτ-ιάζω · pankrat-iazō — LSJ

perform the exercises of the παγκράτιον, sway oneʼs arms about like a gymnast

perform the exercises of the παγκράτιον, Isoc. 15.252, Pl. Grg. 456d, Chrm. 159c, etc.: c. acc. cogn., πάντας ἐπαγκρατίασε τοὺς κλήρους SIG 1073.28 (Olympia, ii A. D.): metaph., of gesticulation, sway oneʼs arms about like a gymnast, ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ Aeschin. 1.26, cf. 33.

In the wild

παγκρατιάζειν · pankratiazein Epictetus, Discourses 3.10 (DIORISIS sentence 4348)
παγκρατιάζειν · pankratiazein Plato, Charmides 159
παγκρατιάζειν · pankratiazein Plato, Gorgias 456

Where it came from

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