† pancrătĭum (-tion), ii, n., = παγκράτιον.
- I. A complete combat; a gymnastic contest which included both wrestling and boxing; cf. Quint. 2, 8, 13: et patitur duro volnera pancratio, Prop. 4, 13, 8; Sen. Ben. 5, 3, 1: Autolycos pancratio victor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79; cf. id. 35, 11, 40, § 139; Inscr. Fabr. p. 100, n. 226.
- II. The herb succory, Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74.
- III. A plant, called also scilla pusilla, Plin. 27, 12, 92, § 118.