Ancient Greek

Noun

ἀγωνιστής • ‎(agōnistḗs) m ‎(genitive ἀγωνιστοῦ); first declension

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

Inflection

Descendants

• English: agonistes "struggler", agonist, antagonist, protagonist
• Greek: αγωνιστής ‎(agonistís)
• Old Armenian: ագոնիստայք ‎(agonistaykʿ)

References

• 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 (© 2006–2016)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • combatant idem, page 144.
  • competitor idem, page 151.
  • debater idem, page 199.
  • racer idem, page 667.