στίβος

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στίβος (stíbos, trodden path, track) with semantic loan from English track (path or course laid out for a race).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsti.vos/
  • Hyphenation: στί‧βος

Noun

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στίβος (stívosm (plural στίβοι)

  1. athletics track
  2. (sports, by extension) athletics, track and field
  3. (figuratively) arena, field (a realm in which events take place)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ στίβος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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