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Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἄεθλον (áethlon) + -ιον (-ion)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.wé.tʰli.on/ → /aˈe.θli.on/ → /aˈe.θli.on/
Noun
ἀέθλῐον • (aéthlion) n (genitive ἀέθλίου); second declension
- (Epic) Synonym of ἆθλον (âthlon)
Inflection
Adjective
ἀέθλῐον • (aéthlion)
- inflection of ἀέθλιος (aéthlios):
- masculine accusative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
Further reading
- “ἀέθλιον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀέθλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀέθλιον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἀέθλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press