pancratium (pankrashium)

[= F. pan crace = Sp. Pg. pancracio = It. pancrazio, and the contests were, at Olympia as almost everywhere, regulated by strict rules to guard against unfairne . The exercise was, however, very severe, as the fight was continued until one of the adversaries was either killed, which happened not seldom, or acknowledged his defeat. Also written pangkration, pankration. 2. [ cap.] [NL.] [NL.] A genus of ornamental plants, of the monocotyledonous order Amaryllideæ, the tribe Ama