παγκράτιον
ὥσπερ γὰρ ζώου τῶν ὄψεων ἀφαιρεθεισῶν ἀχρειοῦται τὸ ὅλον, οὕτως ἐξ ἱστορίας ἀναιρεθείσης τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ καταλειπόμενον αὐτῆς ἀνωφελὲς γίνεται διήγημα → for just as a living creature which has lost its eyesight is wholly incapacitated, so if history is stripped of her truth all that is left is but an idle tale | for, just as closed eyes make the rest of an animal useless, what is left from a history blind to the truth is just a pointless tale
English (LSJ)
τό, (παγκρατής) '
A all-in' contest in boxing and wrestling, Xenoph.2.5, Pi.N.5.52, al., Hdt.9.105, IG5(1).658.14 (Sparta), 7.1765 (Thespiae), etc.; π. νικᾶν Th.5.49; π. μάχεσθαι Ar.V.1191; ὁ π. ἠσκηκώς Pl.Lg.795b. II sea daffodil, Pancratium maritimum, Dsc.2.172, Plin.HN27.92. 2 = στοιχάς, Ps.-Dsc.3.26. 3 v. πάγκρανον.
German (Pape)
[Seite 436] τό, der All-, Gesammtkampf, eine Uebung, welche das Ringen, πάλη, u. den Faustkampf, πυγμή, verband (s. das Vorige); Pind. N. 3 u. 5 I. 3, 4, 5 feiern Siege in diesem Kampfe; μεγαυχεῖ παγκρατίῳ ἐστεφάνωσεν, N. 11, 21; Ar. Vesp. 1191; τῇ τοῦ παγκρατίου μάχῃ, Plat. Legg. VIII, 834 a; ὁ τελέως παγκράτιον ἠσκηκώς, VII, 795 b; Sp., wie Luc. u. Plut., vgl. Symp. 2, 4. – Bei Diosc. auch Pflanzenname.
