pancratium

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ἀθρόαις πέντε δραπὼν νύκτεσσιν ἔν θ' ἁμέραις ἱερὸν εὐζοίας ἄωτον → for five whole nights and days, culling the sacred excellence of joyous living | reaping the sacred bloom of good living for five full nights and as many days

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pancrătĭum: (-tion), ii, n., = παγκράτιον>.
I A complete combat; a gymnastic contest which included both wrestling and boxing; cf. Quint. 2, 8, 13: et patitur duro volnera pancratio, Prop. 4, 13, 8; Sen. Ben. 5, 3, 1: Autolycos pancratio victor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79; cf. id. 35, 11, 40, § 139; Inscr. Fabr. p. 100, n. 226.—
II The herb succory, Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74.—
III A plant, called also scilla pusilla, Plin. 27, 12, 92, § 118.