palaestrita

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pălaestrīta, ae, m., = παλαιστρίτης,

I the director of a wrestling-school , Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 36; 2, 2, 22, § 54: lubricus palaestrita, Mart. 3, 58, 25.—

II In gen., a wrestler : artifex, Amm. 15, 3, 4.

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