athleta

See also: 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 Latin) IPA^(key): [aːtʰˈɫeː.ta]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [at̪ˈlɛː.t̪a]

Noun

āthlēta m (genitive āthlētae); first declension

wrestler, athlete

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	āthlēta	āthlētae
genitive	āthlētae	āthlētārum
dative	āthlētae	āthlētīs
accusative	āthlētam	āthlētās
ablative	āthlētā	āthlētīs
vocative	āthlēta	āthlētae

Descendants

→ Catalan: atleta
→ Czech: atlet
→ Danish: atlet
→ French: athlète
- → Romanian: atlet
→ Galician: atleta
→ German: Athlet
→ Hungarian: atléta
→ Italian: atleta
→ Occitan: atlèta
→ Polish: 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.