athleta

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Interlingua

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Noun

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athleta (plural athletas)

  1. athlete

Latin

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Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    āthlēta m (genitive āthlētae); first declension

    1. wrestler, athlete

    Declension

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    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

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    References

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    • 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.