单词 | quinquertium |
释义 | † quinquertiumn. Ancient History. Obsolete. = pentathlon n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > mixed events pentathlon1603 quinquertium1603 pentathlon1899 decathlon1912 biathlon1958 tetrathlon1959 triathlon1973 heptathlon1977 iron man1979 1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Tearmes sig. Zzzzz5v Pancratium..the practise of all the fiue feats of activity, which is called Pentathlon and Quinquertium. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. xxi. 409 Quinquertium..consisted of the five Exercises..Leaping, Running, Throwing, Darting, and Wrestling. a1727 I. Newton Short. Chron. 1st Memory in Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) 36 The Disc was one of the five games called the Quinquertium. 1794 T. Taylor tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece III. x. ix. 125 Phayllus..was twice victorious in the quinquertium. 1846 H. W. Herbert Rom. Traitor I. v. 62 After we have settled this grave matter, we will try the quinquertium, or a foot race in armor, if you like it better. 1888 W. R. Inge Society in Rome ix. 231 The contests were arranged in Quinquertia, in imitation of the Greek Pentathlon. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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