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πάλαισ-μα

palaisma · τό

bout, fall in wrestling, feats of wrestling

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Where it lives

  • Eumenides 2 · 3.82/10k
  • Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
  • Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
  • Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
  • Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
  • Alcibiades 1 1 · 0.98/10k
  • Euthydemus 1 · 0.8/10k
  • Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
  • Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
  • Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

bout, fall in wrestling, feats of wrestling

bout or fall in wrestling, παρὰ ἓν π. ἔδραμε νικᾶν Hdt. 9.33; ἓν μὲν τόδʼ ἤδη τῶν τριῶν π. A. Eu. 589, cf. Pl. Phdr. 256b: in pl., feats of wrestling, Pi. O. 9.13, P. 8.35, cf. CR 43.210 (Asia Minor).

2 struggle

struggle, A. Ag. 63 (anap.), Eu. 776, S. OT 880 (lyr.), E. Med. 1214; of war, Jul. Or. 2.66c; παλαίσμαθʼ ἡμῶν ὁ βίος E. Supp. 550.

3 trick, ‘chip’ in wrestling, a trick

trick, ‘chip’ in wrestling, metaph., Ar. Ra. 689, cf. 878; π. δικαστηρίου a trick of the courts, Aeschin. 3.205; σόφισμα . . καὶ π. τῶν ἀκουόντων D.H. Rh. 8.12; ὦ Θετταλὸν π., addressed to a person, Ath. 7.308b.

4 groups of wrestlers

in pl., of works of art, groups of wrestlers, Philostr. Im. 2.32.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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