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ἆθλον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἆθλον ἄθλου

Structure: ἀθλ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: contr. from epic and ionic a)/eqlon

Sense

  1. prize of a contest
  2. contest
  3. 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.

Examples

  • ἐὰν δ’ ἀποκτεῖναι μέν τισ ὁμολογῇ, φῇ δὲ κατὰ τοὺσ νόμουσ, οἱο͂ν μοιχὸν λαβών, ἢ ἐν πολέμῳ ἀγνοήσασ, ἢ ἐν ἄθλῳ ἀγωνιζόμενοσ, τούτῳ ἐπὶ Δελφινίῳ δικάζουσιν· (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 57 3:4)

Synonyms

  1. prize of a contest

  2. contest

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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