palaestricadj.

1658 N. Billingsley Κοσμοβρεϕια: Infancy of World 166 This active nimble god from heaven came, Was Author, first, of the Palestrick game.

1705 tr. A. Dacier in tr. Aristotle Art of Poetry xx. 345 I can't blame those, who spend some time with the Masters of the Palestrick Art, that is, those, who Form the Gestures and Motions, teach how to hold the Arms, and the Hands, that we seem not to be rustick, or ignorant.

1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 46 They were so skilled in the Palæstric art.

1818 T. L. Peacock Rhododaphne ii. 41 These the palæstric sports invite, Where courage, strength, and skill contend.

1851 T. De Quincey On Present State Eng. Lang. in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 98/1 Greece was, in fact, too ebullient with intellectual activity—an activity too palestric, and purely human.

1924 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 44 229 In Attic black-figured vases, we find..scenes which were clearly derived from the Palaestra and agonistic games... This scheme of palaestric composition is found in some form in nearly all black-figured vases.

1987 J. J. Murphy tr. Quintilian On Teaching Speaking & Writing i. viii. 116 A master of palaestric exercises, when he enters a gymnasium full of boys, is able, after trying their strength and comprehension in every possible way, to decide for what kind of exercise each ought to be trained.