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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀσκέω (askéō) + -τής (-tḗs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as.kɛː.tɛ̌ːs/ → /as.ciˈtis/ → /as.ciˈtis/
Noun
ἀσκητής • (askētḗs) m (genitive ἀσκητοῦ); first declension
- one who practices any art or trade
- athlete trained for the arena
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Further reading
- ἀσκητής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀσκητής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἀσκητής”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἀσκητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.