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Ancient Greek
Etymology
See ἆθλον (âthlon).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /âː.tʰlos/ → /ˈa.θlos/ → /ˈa.θlos/
Noun
ἆθλος • (âthlos) m (genitive ᾱ̓́θλου); second declension
- material for a contest; prize
- (figuratively) conflict, struggle
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “ἆθλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἆθλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἆθλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἆθλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἆθλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἆθλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- athletic idem, page 49.
- bout idem, page 91.
- combat idem, page 144.
- conflict idem, page 159.
- contest idem, page 168.
- distress idem, page 242.
- encounter idem, page 271.
- engagement idem, page 274.
- fight idem, page 318.
- fray idem, page 343.
- game idem, page 353.
- hardship idem, page 386.
- labour idem, page 472.
- match idem, page 517.
- race idem, page 667.
- struggle idem, page 828.
- suffering idem, page 835.
- toil idem, page 880.
- trial idem, page 893.
- trouble idem, page 897.
- tussle idem, page 903.
- work idem, page 988.