πάλαισ-μα,ατος,τό,
A. boutorfall in wrestling, παρὰ ἓν π. ἔδραμε νικᾶν
Hdt. 9.33
; ἓν μὲν τόδ' ἤδη τῶν τριῶν π.
A. Eu. 589
, cf. Pl. Phdr. 256b : in pl.,feats of wrestling, Pi. O. 9.13 , P. 8.35 , cf. CR 43.210 (Asia Minor).
2. struggle, A. Ag. 63 (anap.), Eu. 776 , S. OT 880 (lyr.), E. Med. 1214 ; of war, Jul. Or. 2.66c ; παλαίσμαθ' ἡμῶν ὁ βίος
E. Supp. 550
.
3. trick, 'chip' in wrestling, metaph., Ar. Ra. 689 , cf. 878 ;π. δικαστηρίου a trickof the courts, Aeschin. 3.205 ; σόφισμα . . καὶ π. τῶν ἀκουόντων
D.H. Rh. 8.12
;ὦ Θετταλὸν π., addressed to a person, Ath. 7.308b .
4. in pl., of works of art,groups of wrestlers, Philostr. Im. 2.32 .