athleticus

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Latin

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓θλητῐκός (āthlētĭkós), from ἀθλητής (athlētḗs) + -ικός (-ikós). By surface analysis, āthlēta +‎ -icus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    āthlēticus (feminine āthlētica, neuter āthlēticum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. athletic
    2. (relational) athletics

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative āthlēticus āthlētica āthlēticum āthlēticī āthlēticae āthlētica
    genitive āthlēticī āthlēticae āthlēticī āthlēticōrum āthlēticārum āthlēticōrum
    dative āthlēticō āthlēticae āthlēticō āthlēticīs
    accusative āthlēticum āthlēticam āthlēticum āthlēticōs āthlēticās āthlētica
    ablative āthlēticō āthlēticā āthlēticō āthlēticīs
    vocative āthlētice āthlētica āthlēticum āthlēticī āthlēticae āthlētica

    Descendants

    • → English: athletic
    • → Galician: atlético
    • → Portuguese: atlético
    • → Spanish: atlético

    References

    • “athleticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • athleticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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