ἆθλος

See also: άθλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄεθλος (áethlos) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology

See ἆθλον (âthlon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /âː.tʰlos/ → /ˈa.θlos/ → /ˈa.θlos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /âː.tʰlos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tʰlos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θlos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θlos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θlos/

Noun

ἆθλος • (âthlos) m (genitive ᾱ̓́θλου); second declension

1. material for a contest; prize
2. (figuratively) conflict, struggle

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἆθλος; τοῦ ᾱ̓́θλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἆθλος ho âthlos	τὼ ᾱ̓́θλω tṑ ā́thlō	οἱ ἆθλοι hoi âthloi
Genitive	τοῦ ᾱ̓́θλου toû ā́thlou	τοῖν ᾱ̓́θλοιν toîn ā́thloin	τῶν ᾱ̓́θλων tôn ā́thlōn
Dative	τῷ ᾱ̓́θλῳ tôi ā́thlōi	τοῖν ᾱ̓́θλοιν toîn ā́thloin	τοῖς ᾱ̓́θλοις toîs ā́thlois
Accusative	τὸν ἆθλον tòn âthlon	τὼ ᾱ̓́θλω tṑ ā́thlō	τοὺς ᾱ̓́θλους toùs ā́thlous
Vocative	ἆθλε âthle	ᾱ̓́θλω ā́thlō	ἆθλοι âthloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άθλος (áthlos)

Further reading

• “ἆθλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἆθλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἆθλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἆθλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἆθλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἆθλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • athletic idem, page 49.
  • bout idem, page 91.
  • combat idem, page 144.
  • conflict idem, page 159.
  • contest idem, page 168.
  • distress idem, page 242.
  • encounter idem, page 271.
  • engagement idem, page 274.
  • fight idem, page 318.
  • fray idem, page 343.
  • game idem, page 353.
  • hardship idem, page 386.
  • labour idem, page 472.
  • match idem, page 517.
  • race idem, page 667.
  • struggle idem, page 828.
  • suffering idem, page 835.
  • toil idem, page 880.
  • trial idem, page 893.
  • trouble idem, page 897.
  • tussle idem, page 903.
  • work idem, page 988.