ἀγωνιστής

See also: αγωνιστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai, “I contend for a prize”), from ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”), +‎ -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡɔː.nis.tɛ̌ːs/ → /a.ɣo.nisˈtis/ → /a.ɣo.nisˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɔː.nis.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡo.nisˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣo.nisˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣo.nisˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣo.nisˈtis/

Noun

ᾰ̓γωνῐστής • (agōnistḗs) m (genitive ᾰ̓γωνῐστοῦ); first declension

1. combatant, rival, contestant
2. pleader, advocate
3. actor
4. master
5. struggler, champion

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ᾰ̓γωνῐστής; τοῦ ᾰ̓γωνῐστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓γωνῐστής ho agōnistḗs	τὼ ᾰ̓γωνῐστᾱ́ tṑ agōnistā́	οἱ ᾰ̓γωνῐσταί hoi agōnistaí
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓γωνῐστοῦ toû agōnistoû	τοῖν ᾰ̓γωνῐσταῖν toîn agōnistaîn	τῶν ᾰ̓γωνῐστῶν tôn agōnistôn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓γωνῐστῇ tôi agōnistêi	τοῖν ᾰ̓γωνῐσταῖν toîn agōnistaîn	τοῖς ᾰ̓γωνῐσταῖς toîs agōnistaîs
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓γωνῐστήν tòn agōnistḗn	τὼ ᾰ̓γωνῐστᾱ́ tṑ agōnistā́	τοὺς ᾰ̓γωνῐστᾱ́ς toùs agōnistā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓γωνῐστᾰ́ agōnistá	ᾰ̓γωνῐστᾱ́ agōnistā́	ᾰ̓γωνῐσταί agōnistaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs)
• πρωταγωνιστής (prōtagōnistḗs)

Descendants

• → English: agonistes, agonist
• Greek: αγωνιστής (agonistís)
• Old Armenian: ագոնիստայք (agonistaykʻ)

Further reading

• “ἀγωνιστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγωνιστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀγωνιστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγωνιστής 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.
  • combatant idem, page 144.
  • competitor idem, page 151.
  • debater idem, page 199.
  • racer idem, page 667.