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Greek
Etymology
From πρωτ- (prot-, “first”) + αθλητής (athlitís, “athlete”),[1] first attested in 1839.[2] The medieval or Late Koine[3] πρωταθλητής (prōtathlētḗs)[4] with different sense "first martyr of faith", also see πρώταθλος (prṓtathlos).[5]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾo.ta.θliˈtis/
- Hyphenation: πρω‧τα‧θλη‧τής
Noun
πρωταθλητής • (protathlitís) m (plural πρωταθλητές, feminine πρωταθλήτρια)
- (sports or figurative) champion
Declension
- and see: αθλητής m (athlitís, “athlete”) and πρώτος (prótos, “first”)
References
- ^ πρωταθλητής, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ πρωταθλητής p.864, vol.2 - Koumanoudis, Stefanos Αth. (1900) Συναγωγὴ νέων λέξεων ὑπὸ τῶν λογίων πλασθεισῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλώσεως μέχρι τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς χρόνων. Sunagōgḕ néōn léxeōn hupò tôn logíōn plastheisôn apò tês Alṓseōs mékhri tôn kath’ hēmâs khrónōn. (In Katharevousa, Greek) Vols:1‑2. Athens: P. Dh. Sakellariou. @anemi, abbreviations (V).
- ^ πρωταθλητής - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
- ^ πρωταθλητής, p.244, vol.18 - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-2021) Λεξικό της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας [Lexikó tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías, Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–22] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language, Vols.15-22 ed. I.N. Kazazis et al.
- ^ πρώταθλος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
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