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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread pancratium #120175 01/16/2004 2:05 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Something reminded me of "Believe IT of Not" cartoon by Ripley, many years ago, of an Olympic contestant, wearing ancient version of brass knuckles used in an event combinging boxing and wrestling: the pancratium. I think Ripley spelled it "pankratium". Source: The Collins English Dictionary © 2000 HarperCollins Publishers: pancratium [pæn'kreýʃýəm] noun (plural: -tia [-ʃýə]) (in ancient Greece) a wrestling and boxing contest [ETYMOLOGY: 17th Century: via Latin from Greek pankration, from pan- + kratos strength] pancratic [pæn'krætýk] adjective Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pancratium #120176 01/16/2004 2:09 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 The first guy to die was the loser. The winner was buried with a laurel wreath. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pancratium #120177 01/19/2004 8:06 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Well, the winner died, then, eh, Faldage? I mean, if the winner was buried with a laurel wreath, then he was second to die, right? Or did the winner go on to fight others in which he could have become the first to die, but still got to be buried with his wreath from the previous pancratium. In fact, if the winner won several pancratia, was he buried with several laurel wreaths? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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