Pancratium

But this is just as if a man after receiving blows should give up the Pancratium.

The Discourses of Epictetus 2004

In the Pancratium it is in our power to desist and not to receive blows.

The Discourses of Epictetus 2004

Naias major, All. 153. ex parte Pancratium tortuosum, Herb.

Southern Arabia Mabel Bent

Pancratium, our butterfly orchis, white jasmine, and a host of others.

Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

They comprised various trials of strength and skill, such as wrestling boxing, the Pancratium (boxing and wrestling combined), and the complicated Pentathlum (including jumping, running, the quoit, the javelin, and wrestling), but no combats with any kind of weapons.

A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest William Smith 1853

Pancratium undulatum, and other large liliaceous plants.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

[* Pancratium undulatum, Amaryllis nervosa.] [* Potamogeton tenuifolium, Chara compressa, Typha tenuifolia.]

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

A fine Pancratium embalmed the air in the humid spots, and almost made us forget that those gloomy and marshy forests are highly dangerous to health.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

Among this and other plants a lovely white amaryllis, the _Pancratium

Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville Mary Somerville 1826

THE Lobelia cardinalis grows in great plenty here, and has a most splendid appearance amidst extensive meadows of the golden Corymbous Jacobea (Senecio Jacobea) and odorous Pancratium.

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. 1823