ἀθλητικός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀθλητής (athlētḗs, athlete) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ᾱ̓θλητῐκός (āthlētikósm (feminine ᾱ̓θλητῐκή, neuter ᾱ̓θλητῐκόν); first/second declension

  1. of or for an athlete, athletic

Inflection

Descendants

References

ἀθλητικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press