pentathlus

pentathlus
pentathlos or -us, i, m., = pentathlos, one who practised the five exercises of pitching the quoit, running, leaping, wrestling, and hurling (post-Aug.), Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 57; so id. 34, 8, 19, §§ 68 and 72.‡ † pentathlum, i, n., = pentathlon, the contest of the five exercises of pitching the quoit, running, leaping, wrestling, and hurling (post-class.): pentathlum antiqui quinquartium dixerunt. Id autem genus exercitationis ex his quinque artibus constat, jactu disci, cursu, saltu, jaculatione, luctatione, Paul. ex Fest. p. 211 Müll.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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