Interlingua

Noun

athleta ‎(plural athletas)

1. athlete

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing 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/

Noun

āthlēta m ‎(genitive āthlētae); first declension

1. wrestler, athlete

Inflection

First declension.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “athleta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.