ἆθλον
Second declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἆθλον
ἄθλου
Structure:
ἀθλ
(Stem)
+
ον
(Ending)
Etym.: contr. from epic and ionic a)/eqlon
Sense
- prize of a contest
- contest
- place of combat, arena
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- "σέ, ὦ Πάρι, κελεύει ὁ Ζεύσ, ἐπειδὴ καλόσ τε αὐτὸσ εἶ καὶ σοφὸσ τὰ ἐρωτικά, δικάσαι ταῖσ θεαῖσ, ἥτισ αὐτῶν ἡ καλλίστη ἐστὶν τοῦ δὲ ἀγῶνοσ τὸ ἆθλον ἡ νικῶσα λαβέτω τὸ μῆλον. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 1:1)
- τοῦ δὲ ἀγῶνοσ τὸ ἆθλον εἴσῃ ἀναγνοὺσ τὸ μῆλον. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 7:10)
- ἐλθὼν γὰρ ἐπὶ τὸν κίνδυνον ἐχθρὸσ τῶν ἀγώνων φίλοσ ἐχωρίσθη, τὸ τῶν νενικηκότων ἆθλον τοῖσ σφαλεῖσι προσθείσ. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 10:2)
- τρισκαιδέκατον γοῦν ἆθλον οἰού τοῦτον οὐ σμικρὸν ἐκτελέσειν, ἢν ἐκκόψῃσ μιαρὰ οὕτω καὶ ἀναίσχυντα θηρία. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 23:3)
- ὅμωσ δὲ εἰ μετὰ συγγνώμησ ἀναγνώσεσθαι μέλλοισ καὶ τὰ ἐνδέοντα τοῖσ ἱστορουμένοισ προσλογιεῖσθαι,, ὑποστήσομαί σοι τὸν ἆθλον, καὶ τὴν Αὐγέου βουστασίαν, εἰ καὶ μὴ πᾶσαν, ἀλλ’ εἰσ δύναμίν γε τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ ἀνακαθάρασθαι πειράσομαι, ὀλίγουσ ὅσουσ τῶν κοφίνων ἐκφορήσασ, ὡσ ἀπ’ ἐκείνων τεκμαίροιο πόση πᾶσα καὶ ὡσ ἀμύθητοσ ἦν ἡ κόπροσ ἣν τρισχίλιοι βόεσ ἐν πολλοῖσ ἔτεσιν ποιῆσαι ἐδύναντο. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 1:4)
- ἐστάλη μὲν οὗτοσ ἐπὶ τὰσ Γοργόνασ ἆθλόν τινα τοῦτον τῷ βασιλεῖ ἐπιτελῶν, ἐπεὶ δὲ ἀφίκετο ἐσ τὴν Λιβύην ‐ Πῶσ, ὦ Τρίτων; (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, triton and nhrides, chapter 22)
Synonyms
-
prize of a contest
-
contest
