palaestrita

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pa.lae̯sˈtriː.ta/, [päɫ̪äe̯s̠ˈt̪riːt̪ä]
  • (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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative palaestrīta palaestrītae
Genitive palaestrītae palaestrītārum
Dative palaestrītae palaestrītīs
Accusative palaestrītam palaestrītās
Ablative palaestrītā palaestrītīs
Vocative palaestrīta palaestrītae

Synonyms

Descendants
  • 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
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