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παγκρατιαστής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: παγκρατιαστής παγκρατιαστοῦ

Structure: παγκρατιαστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: from pagkratia/zw

Sense

  1. one who practises the

Examples

  • οὐχ ὁρᾷσ ὅτι κιθαριστῶν μὲν καὶ χορευτῶν καὶ ὀρχηστῶν οὐδὲ εἷσ ἐπιχειρεῖ ἄρχειν μὴ ἐπιστάμενοσ, οὐδὲ παλαιστῶν οὐδὲ παγκρατιαστῶν; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 5 22:3)
  • οὔτε γὰρ ἀπὸ γένουσ μοι ἦν οὔτε ἐγύμναζον αὐτόν, ἀλλὰ τῶν παίδων τινὰ τῶν παγκρατιαστῶν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 17:3)

Synonyms

  1. one who practises the

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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