ἄθλημα

See also: άθλημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀθλέω (athléō, “contend”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.tʰlɛː.ma/ → /ˈa.θli.ma/ → /ˈa.θli.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.tʰlɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tʰle̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θli.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θli.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θli.ma/

Noun

ἄθλημα • (áthlēma) n (genitive ἀθλήματος); third declension

1. sport

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἄθλημᾰ; τοῦ ἀθλήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄθλημᾰ tò áthlēma	τὼ ἀθλήμᾰτε tṑ athlḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἀθλήμᾰτᾰ tà athlḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἀθλήμᾰτος toû athlḗmatos	τοῖν ἀθλημᾰ́τοιν toîn athlēmátoin	τῶν ἀθλημᾰ́των tôn athlēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἀθλήμᾰτῐ tôi athlḗmati	τοῖν ἀθλημᾰ́τοιν toîn athlēmátoin	τοῖς ἀθλήμᾰσῐ / ἀθλήμᾰσῐν toîs athlḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἄθλημᾰ tò áthlēma	τὼ ἀθλήμᾰτε tṑ athlḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἀθλήμᾰτᾰ tà athlḗmata
Vocative	ἄθλημᾰ áthlēma	ἀθλήμᾰτε athlḗmate	ἀθλήμᾰτᾰ athlḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άθλημα n (áthlima, “sport”)

Further reading

• “ἄθλημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄθλημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄθλημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄθλημα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)