athleta

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See also: Athleta

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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