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CONISTERIUM (from Gr. «outs, dust)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 943 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CONISTERIUM (from Gr. «outs, dust) , the name of the
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room in the
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ancient
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palaestra or thermae (
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baths) where wrestlers, after being anointed with oil, were sprinkled with
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sand, so as to give them a grip when
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wrestling .

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