palaestes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παλαιστής (palaistḗs, “wrestler”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈlae̯s.teːs/, [päˈɫ̪äe̯s̠t̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈles.tes/, [päˈlɛst̪es]

Noun

palaestēs m (genitive palaestae); first declension

1. wrestler

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	palaestēs	palaestae
genitive	palaestae	palaestārum
dative	palaestae	palaestīs
accusative	palaestēn	palaestās
ablative	palaestē	palaestīs
vocative	palaestē	palaestae

Synonyms

• (wrestler): palaestrīta

Related terms

• palaestra
• palaestrica
• palaestricē
• palaestricōs
• palaestricus
• palaestrīta

References

• “palaestes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• palaestes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.