ἀθλητής
See also: αθλητής
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀθλητήρ (athlētḗr) – Epic
Etymology
From ᾱ̓θλέω (āthléō, “to contend”) + -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /aː.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 ᾱ̓θλητοῦ); first declension
- a combatant, champion, especially a prizefighter
- Pindar, Nemean Ode 5.90
- Pindar, Nemean Ode 10.95
- (as an adjective) pertaining to competition
- Lysias, Collected Works 157.39
- Plato, Parmenides 137A
- (with genitive) practiced in, master of
- Plato, The Republic 543B
- Demosthenes, Against Aristogiton 1 97
- Aristotle, Politics 6.7.3:
- ἐκκεκριμένους δὲ ἐκ παίδων ἀθλητὰς εἶναι αὐτοὺς τῶν ἔργων:
- ekkekriménous dè ek paídōn athlētàs eînai autoùs tôn érgōn:
- ἐκκεκριμένους δὲ ἐκ παίδων ἀθλητὰς εἶναι αὐτοὺς τῶν ἔργων:
Inflection
First declension of ὁ ᾱ̓θλητής; τοῦ ᾱ̓θλητοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ᾱ̓θλητής ho āthlētḗs | τὼ ᾱ̓θλητᾱ́ tṑ āthlētā́ | οἱ ᾱ̓θληταί hoi āthlētaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ᾱ̓θλητοῦ toû āthlētoû | τοῖν ᾱ̓θληταῖν toîn āthlētaîn | τῶν ᾱ̓θλητῶν tôn āthlētôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ᾱ̓θλητῇ tôi āthlētêi | τοῖν ᾱ̓θληταῖν toîn āthlētaîn | τοῖς ᾱ̓θληταῖς toîs āthlētaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ᾱ̓θλητήν tòn āthlētḗn | τὼ ᾱ̓θλητᾱ́ tṑ āthlētā́ | τοὺς ᾱ̓θλητᾱ́ς toùs āthlētā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾱ̓θλητᾰ́ āthlētá | ᾱ̓θλητᾱ́ āthlētā́ | ᾱ̓θληταί āthlētaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀθλητικός (athlētikós)
Descendants
- Greek: αθλητής (athlitís)
- Latin: āthlēta
- English: athlete
- Russian: атлет (atlet)
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 (2006–2023)
- 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.