athleticus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓θλητῐκός (āthlētĭkós), from ἀθλητής (athlētḗs, “athlete”) + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). By surface analysis, āthlēta +‎ -icus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aːtʰˈɫeː.tɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [atˈlɛː.ti.kus] === Adjective === āthlēticus (feminine āthlētica, neuter āthlēticum); first/second-declension adjective athletic (relational) athletics ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== āthlēta ==== Descendants ==== → English: athletic → Galician: atlético → Portuguese: atlético → Spanish: atlético === References === “athleticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “athleticus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.