Pancratium

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.

II. Pancratium ·noun A genus of Old World amaryllideous bulbous plants, having a funnel-shaped perianth with six narrow spreading lobes. The American species are now placed in the related genus Hymenocallis.

Related Words

pancratium
pancrătĭum (-tion), ii, n., = παγκράτιον. I A complete combat; a gymnastic contest which included ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
pancratium
pancratium ī, n , παγκράτιον, a gymnastic contest, including wrestling and boxing, Pr. ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary