ἀθλέω
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ᾱ̓θλῶ (āthlô) — Attic, contracted
Etymology
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From ἆθλος (âthlos, “contest, struggle”) or ἆθλον (âthlon, “prize, contest”) + -έω (-éō, “verbal suffix”). In the Attic form ᾱ̓θλῶ (āthlô), ᾰε (ae) is contracted to ᾱ (ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /aː.tʰlé.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈtʰle.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈθle.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈθle.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈθle.o/
Verb
ᾱ̓θλέω • (āthléō) (Epic, Attic, Koine)
- (transitive, intransitive) to contend for a prize, combat, wrestle Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "means" is not used by this template.
- to be an athlete, contend for a prize in games
- Simonides of Ceos 149C
Inflection
Present: ᾱ̓θλέω, ᾱ̓θλέομαι (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἤθλεον | ἤθλεες | ἤθλεε(ν) | ἠθλέετον | ἠθλεέτην | ἠθλέομεν | ἠθλέετε | ἤθλεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠθλεόμην | ἠθλέου | ἠθλέετο | ἠθλέεσθον | ἠθλεέσθην | ἠθλεόμεθᾰ | ἠθλέεσθε | ἠθλέοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἤθλουν | ἤθλεις | ἤθλει | ἠθλεῖτον | ἠθλείτην | ἠθλοῦμεν | ἠθλεῖτε | ἤθλουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠθλούμην | ἠθλοῦ | ἠθλεῖτο | ἠθλεῖσθον | ἠθλείσθην | ἠθλούμεθᾰ | ἠθλεῖσθε | ἠθλοῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἠθλήκειν, ἠθλήκη |
ἠθλήκεις, ἠθλήκης |
ἠθλήκει(ν) | ἠθλήκετον | ἠθληκέτην | ἠθλήκεμεν | ἠθλήκετε | ἠθλήκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠθλήμην | ἤθλησο | ἤθλητο | ἤθλησθον | ἠθλήσθην | ἠθλήμεθᾰ | ἤθλησθε | ἤθληντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “ἀθλέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀθλέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀθλέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀθλέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀθλέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀθλέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G118 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible