athleta

See also: Athleta

Interlingua

Noun

athleta (plural athletas)

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

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aːtʰˈleː.ta/, [äːt̪ʰˈɫ̪eːt̪ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /atˈle.ta/, [ät̪ˈlɛːt̪ä]

Noun

āthlēta m (genitive āthlētae); first declension

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

→ Catalan: atleta
→ Czech: atlet
→ Danish: atlet
→ French: athlète
- → Romanian: atlet
→ Galician: atleta
→ German: Athlet
→ Hungarian: atléta
→ Italian: atleta
→ Occitan: atlèta
→ Polish: atleta
→ Portuguese: atleta
→ Spanish: atleta

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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