ἀθλητής
See also: αθλητής
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
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From ἀθλέω (athléō, “to contend”) + -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.tʰlɛː.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.tʰle̝ˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.θliˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.θliˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.θliˈtis/
Noun
ἀθλητής • (athlētḗs) m (genitive ἀθλητοῦ); first declension
- a combatant, champion, especially a prizefighter
- (as an adjective) pertaining to competition
- (with genitive) practiced in, master of
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἀθλητής ho athlētḗs |
τὼ ἀθλητᾱ́ tṑ athlētā́ |
οἱ ἀθληταί hoi athlētaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀθλητοῦ toû athlētoû |
τοῖν ἀθληταῖν toîn athlētaîn |
τῶν ἀθλητῶν tôn athlētôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀθλητῇ tôi athlētêi |
τοῖν ἀθληταῖν toîn athlētaîn |
τοῖς ἀθληταῖς toîs athlētaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἀθλητήν tòn athlētḗn |
τὼ ἀθλητᾱ́ tṑ athlētā́ |
τοὺς ἀθλητᾱ́ς toùs athlētā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀθλητᾰ́ athlētá |
ἀθλητᾱ́ athlētā́ |
ἀθληταί athlētaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀθλητικός (athlētikós)
Descendants
Further reading
- “ἀθλητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀθλητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀθλητής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀθλητής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the first declension
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