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pancratiast|pænˈkreɪʃɪæst|
[ad. L. pancratiastēs, a. Gr. παγκρατιαστής, agent-n. from παγκρατιάζειν to practise the παγκράτιον, pancratium. Cf. mod.F. pancratiaste.]
A combatant or victor in the pancratium.
1603Holland Plutarch Explan. Words, Pancratiast, one that is skilfull and professed in the said Pancration. 1610Marcelline Triumphs Jas. I 1 To plaite Wreathes, Chaplets, and Coronets of honor for this worthy Pancratiaste. 1765Antiq. in Ann. Reg. 181/1 An Olympian Pancratiast. 1880Waldstein Pythag. Rhegion 15 This statue belongs to the heavier genus of athletes, the boxer or the pancratiast.
So pancratiastic |pænkreɪʃɪˈæstɪk|, a. [ad. Gr. παγκρατιαστικ-ός], of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a pancratiast.
1749G. West Pindar's Nemean Odes xi. Strophe ii, The Wrestler's Chaplet..Mix'd with the great Pancratiastick Crown. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 194 They have at last carried out the pancratiastic art to the very end. |