单词 | pancratist |
释义 | pancratistn. Greek History. = pancratiast n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > other unarmed combat > [noun] > practitioner pancratiast1603 pancratist1775 savateur1865 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Pancratist,..one skilled in gymnastic exercises. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets iii. 82 Boxers, pentathletes, wrestlers, pancratists. 1885 J. E. Harrison Stud. Greek Art iv. 191 A wrestler, a boxer, a pancratist. 1903 S. Butler Way of all Flesh iv. 15 It [sc. the gallery] contains the Venus de' Medici, the Explorator, the Pancratist, the Dancing Faun and a fine Apollo. 1958 R. Liddell Morea ii. vii. 162 Pausanias saw the statue of Arrhicion, the pancratist, who died at Olympia, throttled in the moment of victory. 1985 Antiquaries Jrnl. June 439 These were the pugilists of the Roman Empire—boxers, wrestlers and pancratists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1775 |
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