Associations to the word «Palestra»

Wiktionary

PALESTRA, noun. Alternative form of palaestra

Dictionary definition

PALESTRA, noun. A public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats