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palaestra - translation to french
ANCIENT GREEK OR ROMAN BUILDINGS FOR ATHLETIC TRAINING, GENERALLY SMALLER THAN GYMNASIUMS
Palæstra
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![Plan of the [[palaestra at Olympia]] (left) and reconstruction of Vitruvius' description of the palaestra (right), from a 1914 translation of Vitruvius. The plan on the left incorporates guesswork, as the west side has been eroded by a river (the oblique angle is forced by the wider layout of the sanctuary). The xysta are also guesswork. On the right, the letters indicate: Exedrae (A), ephebeum (B), punching-bag room (C), conisterium (D), cold washing room (E), oil storeroom (F), cold bath room (G), furnace room (H), sauna (I), Laconicum (K), hot bath (L).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vitruvius the Ten Books on Architecture - Palaestra, Olympia, and Greek Palaestra according to Vitruvius.png?width=200 "Plan of the [[palaestra at Olympia]] (left) and reconstruction of Vitruvius' description of the palaestra (right), from a 1914 translation of Vitruvius. The plan on the left incorporates guesswork, as the west side has been eroded by a river (the oblique angle is forced by the wider layout of the sanctuary). The xysta are also guesswork. On the right, the letters indicate: Exedrae (A), ephebeum (B), punching-bag room (C), conisterium (D), cold washing room (E), oil storeroom (F), cold bath room (G), furnace room (H), sauna (I), Laconicum (K), hot bath (L).")
palaestra
n. palaestra
Definition
palaestra
[p?'li:str?, -'l??str?]
(also palestra)
¦ noun (in ancient Greece and Rome) a wrestling school or gymnasium.
Origin
via L. from Gk palaistra, from palaiein 'wrestle'.
Wikipedia
Palaestra
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A palaestra ( or ; also (chiefly British) palestra; Greek: παλαίστρα) was any site of an ancient Greek wrestling school. Events requiring little space, such as boxing and wrestling, took place there. Palaestrae functioned both independently and as a part of public gymnasia; a palaestra could exist without a gymnasium, but no gymnasium existed without a palaestra.
