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.

    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
    • Félix Gaffiot (1934) “athleta”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.