Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Pentathlon

‖

Pen-tath′lon

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] five + [GREEK] a contest.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
1.
A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear.

Similar Results