στίβος

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στίβος (stíbos, “trodden path, track”) with semantic loan from English track (path or course laid out for a race).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsti.vos/
  • Hyphenation: στί‧βος

Noun

στίβος • (stívos) m (plural στίβοι)

  1. athletics track
  2. (sports, by extension) athletics, track and field
  3. (figuratively) arena, field (a realm in which events take place)

Declension

Declension of στίβος
singular plural
nominative στίβος • στίβοι •
genitive στίβου • στίβων •
accusative στίβο • στίβους •
vocative στίβε • στίβοι •

References

  1. ^ στίβος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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