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/, [aːtʰˈɫeː.ta]

Noun

āthlēta m (genitive āthlētae); first declension

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

Czech: atlet (borrowed)
Danish: atlet (borrowed)
French: athlète
German: Athlet (borrowed)

Hungarian: atléta (borrowed)
Italian: 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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