pălaestrĭcus

I. of or belonging to the palœstra, palœstric: pro exercitu gymnastico et palaestrico hoc habemus, Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 7: palaestrici motūs, Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130: magister, Quint. 2, 8, 7; cf. doctores, id. 12, 2, 12: facies decora et suci palaestrici plena, App. Mag. p. 315.—Sarcastically of Verres: palaestricus praetor, because he illegally decided a cause in favor of a company of wrestlers, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54.—

II. Subst.

A. pălaestrĭcus, i, m., a teacher of the art of wrestling, Quint. 1, 11, 15.—

B. pălae-strĭca, ae, f., the art of wrestling, Quint. 2, 21, 11.—Hence, advv.

1. pălaestrĭcē, after the manner of the palœstra: palaestrice spatiari in xysto, Cic. Opt. Gen. 3.—

2. In the Greek form pălaestrĭcōs, = παλαιστρικῶς, the same (ante-class.), Afran. ap. Non. 154, 12 (Com. Rel. p. 157, v. 154 Rib.).