pancratium

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

pancrătĭum (-tion), ii, n., = παγκράτιον.

I A complete combat; a gymnastic contest which included both wrestling and boxing; cf. Quint. 2, 8, 13: et patitur duro volnera pancratio, Prop. 4, 13, 8; Sen. Ben. 5, 3, 1: Autolycos pancratio victor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79; cf. id. 35, 11, 40, § 139; Inscr. Fabr. p. 100, n. 226.—

II The herb succory , Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74.—

III A plant , called also scilla pusilla, Plin. 27, 12, 92, § 118.

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