athleta
See also: Athleta
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
athleta (plural athletas)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs), from ἀθλέω (athléō, “compete for a prize”), from ἆθλον (âthlon, “prize”) or ἆθλος (âthlos, “competition”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aːtʰˈleː.ta/, [äːt̪ʰˈɫ̪eːt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /atˈle.ta/, [ät̪ˈlɛːt̪ä]
Noun edit
āthlēta m (genitive āthlētae); first declension
Declension edit
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 edit
References edit
- “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.