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|lshtext=<b>pălaestrĭcus</b>: a, um, adj., = παλαιστρικος,<br /><b>I</b> of or belonging to the palœstra, palœstric: pro exercitu gymnastico et palaestrico hoc habemus, Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 7: palaestrici motūs, the motions of a dancingmaster, Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130: [[magister]], Quint. 2, 8, 7; cf. doctores, id. 12, 2, 12: [[facies]] decora et suci palaestrici plena, App. Mag. p. 315.—Sarcastically of [[Verres]]: [[palaestricus]] [[praetor]], [[because]] he [[illegally]] [[decided]] a [[cause]] in [[favor]] of a [[company]] of wrestlers, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> pălaestrĭcus, i, m., a [[teacher]] of the [[art]] of [[wrestling]], Quint. 1, 11, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> pălae-strĭca, ae, f., the [[art]] of [[wrestling]], Quint. 2, 21, 11.—Hence, advv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; pălaestrĭcē, [[after]] the [[manner]] of the palœstra: [[palaestrice]] spatiari in xysto, Cic. Opt. Gen. 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the Greek form pălaestrĭcōs, = παλαιστρικῶς, the [[same]] ([[ante]]-[[class]].), Afran. ap. Non. 154, 12 (Com. Rel. p. 157, v. 154 Rib.).