palaestra
/pəˈliːstrə
/ /pəˈlʌɪstrə/(also palestra)
noun
(In ancient Greece and Rome) a wrestling school or gymnasium.Part of the adjacent tepidarium was also revealed, together with a furnace-house, service rooms and part of the palaestra or exercise-yard with the remains of a cockfighting pit....
- This piece of masonry, 7.3 m. high, formed part of the palaestra of the public baths, the plan of which is laid out in front of the Museum.
- Found in the south-east palaestra or exercise court of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome in 1545, it was heavily restored and fitted out as a fountain by the Farnese.
Origin
Via Latin from Greek palaistra, from palaiein 'wrestle'.