palaestrita

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παλαιστρίτης (palaistrítēs, “like a wrestler; those who practised in the palaestra”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.lae̯sˈtriː.ta/, [päɫ̪äe̯s̠ˈt̪riːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.lesˈtri.ta/, [pälesˈt̪riːt̪ä]

Noun

palaestrīta f (genitive palaestrītae); first declension

1. The director or manager of a wrestling-school.
2. A wrestler.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	palaestrīta	palaestrītae
genitive	palaestrītae	palaestrītārum
dative	palaestrītae	palaestrītīs
accusative	palaestrītam	palaestrītās
ablative	palaestrītā	palaestrītīs
vocative	palaestrīta	palaestrītae

Synonyms

• (wrestler): palaestēs

Related terms

• palaestēs
• palaestra
• palaestrica
• palaestricē
• palaestricōs
• palaestricus

Descendants

• Italian: palestrita
• Spanish: palestrita

References

• “palaestrita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “palaestrita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• palaestrita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.