Associations to the word «Palaestra»
Noun
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Wiktionary
PALAESTRA, noun. (historical) A public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports; a wrestling school, a gymnasium.
PALAESTRA, noun. An arena for literal or figurative combat; a battlefield.
Dictionary definition
PALAESTRA, noun. A public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.