πάλαισμα

palaisma

bout

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Alcibiades I 1
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107a7
Euthydemus 1
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277d1
Phaedrus 1
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256b4

Dictionary (LSJ)

πάλαισμα, ατος, τό, A. bout or fall in wrestling, παρὰ ἓν π. ἔδραμε νικᾶν Hdt. 9.33; ἓν μὲν τόδʼ ἤδη τῶν τριῶν π. A. Eu. 589, cf. Pl. Phdr. 256b: in pl., feats of wrestling, Pi. O. 9.13, P. 8.35, cf. CR 43.210 (Asia Minor). 2. struggle, A. Ag. 63 (anap.), Eu. 776, S. OT 880 (lyr.), E. Med. 1214; of war, Jul. Or. 2.66c; παλαίσμαθʼ ἡμῶν ὁ βίος E. Supp. 550. 3. trick, ‘chip’ in wrestling, metaph., Ar. Ra. 689, cf. 878; π. δικαστηρίου a trick of the courts, Aeschin. 3.205; σόφισμα . . καὶ π. τῶν ἀκουόντων D.H. Rh. 8.12; ὦ Θετταλὸν π., addressed to a person, Ath. 7.308b. 4. in pl., of works of art, groups of wrestlers, Philostr. Im. 2.32.

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