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): [atˈlɛː.ta] === Noun === āthlēta m (genitive āthlētae); first declension wrestler, athlete ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === 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. == Portuguese == === Noun === athleta m or f by sense (plural athletas) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of atleta