athleta

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Interlingua

Noun

athleta (plural athletas)

  1. athlete

Latin

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs), from ἀθλέω (athléō, “compete for a prize”), from ἆθλον (âthlon, “prize”) or ἆθλος (âthlos, “competition”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    āthlēta m (genitive āthlētae); first declension

    1. wrestler, athlete

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    Case Singular Plural
    Nominative āthlēta āthlētae
    Genitive āthlētae āthlētārum
    Dative āthlētae āthlētīs
    Accusative āthlētam āthlētās
    Ablative āthlētā āthlētīs
    Vocative āthlēta āthlētae

    Descendants

    References

    • “athleta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “athleta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • athleta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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