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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκονίστρα
- English todayconistra
From Ancient Greek κονίστρα (konístra), from κονίς (konís, “dust”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
conistra
Today it means: A part of the palestra, or gymnasium: either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Full definition →
Ancient Greek κονίστρα