palaestrica

pălaestrĭcus, a, um, adj., = palaistrikos, of or belonging to the palœstra, palœstric:

pro exercitu gymnastico et palaestrico hoc habemus,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 7:

palaestrici motūs,

the motions of a dancingmaster, 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, = palaistrikôs, the same (ante-class.), Afran. ap. Non. 154, 12 (Com. Rel. p. 157, v. 154 Rib.).