Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀθλητήρ ‎(athlētḗr) Epic

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /aθlitís/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aθlitís/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aθlitís/

Noun

ἀθλητής • ‎(athlētḗs) m ‎(genitive ἀθλητοῦ); first declension

1. a combatant, champion, especially a prizefighter
   • Pindar, Nemean Ode 5.90
   • Pindar, Nemean Ode 10.95
   1. (as an adjective) pertaining to competition
      • Lysias, Collected Works 157.39
      • Plato, Parmenides 137.A
2. (with genitive) practiced in, master of
   • Plato, The Republic 543.B
   • Demosthenes, Against Aristogiton 1 97
   • Aristotle, Politics 6.7.3

     ἐκκεκριμένους δὲ ἐκ παίδων ἀθλητὰς εἶναι αὐτοὺς τῶν ἔργων:

Inflection

Derived terms

• ἀθλητικός ‎(athlētikós)

Descendants

• Greek: αθλητής ‎(athlitís)
• Latin: āthlēta
  • English: athlete
• Russian: атлет ‎(atlet)

References

• 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 (© 2006–2016)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • athlete idem, page 49.
  • gymnast idem, page 380.
  • sportsman idem, page 804.