A.bout or fall 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. CR43.210 (Asia Minor).
2. struggle, A.Ag.63 (anap.), Eu.776, S.OT880 (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 trick of 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.