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παλαιστής

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: παλαιστής παλαιστοῦ

Structure: παλαιστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: palai/w

Sense

  1. a wrestler
  2. a rival, adversary, a candidate, suitor

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative παλαιστής παλαιστᾱ́ παλαισταί
Genitive παλαιστοῦ παλαισταῖν παλαιστῶν
Dative παλαιστῇ παλαισταῖν παλαισταῖς
Accusative παλαιστήν παλαιστᾱ́ παλαιστᾱ́ς
Vocative παλαιστά παλαιστᾱ́ παλαισταί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐδὲ γὰρ οἱ δρομεῖσ, ὅτι μὴ τοὺσ τῶν παλαιστῶν φέρονται στεφάνουσ, ἀθυμοῦσιν ἀλλὰ τοῖσ αὑτῶν ἀγάλλονται καὶ χαίρουσι. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 13 2:3)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅταν τισ ἀναισχυντῇ περιπλέκων τε καὶ μήπω καταπεπτωκέναι συγχωρῶν, ὅμοιοσ ἔσται τοῖσ ἰδιώταισ τῶν παλαιστῶν, οἳ καταβληθέντεσ ὑπὸ τῶν παλαιστρικῶν καὶ κατὰ τῆσ γῆσ ὕπτιοι κείμενοι τοσούτου δέουσι τὸ πτῶμα γνωρίζειν, ὥστε καὶ κρατοῦσι τῶν αὐχένων αὐτοὺσ τοὺσ καταβαλόντασ οὐκ ἐῶντεσ ἀπαλλάττεσθαι, κἀν τούτῳ νικᾶν ὑπολαμβάνουσι. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., B, section 219)
  • 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)
  • αἱ δὲ σχαλίδεσ αἱ μὲν τῶν ἀρκύων τὸ μῆκοσ δέκα παλαιστῶν, ἔστωσαν δὲ καὶ ἐλάττουσ· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 2 8:1)
  • τοῦ δὲ γυμνικοῦ ἀγῶνοσ ἐγγὺσ ὄντοσ, ὁ πλεῖστοσ ἦν λόγοσ περὶ τῶν παλαιστῶν πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐτύγχανον ἀφιγμένοι καὶ ἔνδοξοι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 2, 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. a wrestler

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

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