athleta

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
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aːtʰˈleː.ta/, [aːtʰˈɫeː.ta]

Noun

āthlēta m (genitive āthlētae); first declension

  1. wrestler, athlete

Inflection

First declension.

Case 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
  • athleta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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