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Definition of Palaestra
1. Noun. A public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes.
Definition of Palaestra
1. Noun. (historical) A public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports; a wrestling school, a gymnasium. ¹
2. Noun. An arena for literal or figurative combat; a battlefield. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palaestra
1. [n -TRAE or -TRAS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palaestra
Literary usage of Palaestra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of the Greeks and Romans: Described from Antique Monuments by Ernst Karl Guhl, W. Koner (1902)
"From the portico one enters an open space, thought to be the palaestra (B), and
evidently intended to supply the ..."
2. Vitruvius, the Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio (1914)
"... the force of the fire and heat may spread evenly from the centre all round
the circumference. CHAPTER XI THE palaestra 1. NEXT, although the building of ..."
3. Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator. In Twelve Books by Quintilian (1892)
"Exercises of the palaestra to be practised, 15—19. 1. SOME time is also to be
devoted to the actor,f but only so far as the future orator requires the art ..."
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