palaestra

/puh-les-truh/US // pəˈlɛs trə //UK // (pəˈlɛstrə, -ˈliː-) //

棕榈树,棕榈园,棕榈油,棕榈树皮

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural pa·laes·tras, pa·laes·trae [puh-les-tree]. /pəˈlɛs tri/.
- : Greek Antiquity. palestra.

The priests deserted the Temple for the palaestra and the young nobles wore the Greek cap.
The building, he replied, is a newly erected Palaestra; and the entertainment is generally conversation, to which you are welcome.
Here the place of meeting, which is also a palaestra, is quite forgotten, and the boys play a subordinate part.
Inside a palaestra, the peristyle ought to be laid out as described above.
The weakling never appeared in the Palaestra, which even the great Mark Antony did not disdain to visit.