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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

  • παροῦσάν τε μιμοῦνται αὐτὴν καὶ ποθοῦσιν ἀπελθοῦσαν. καὶ ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι στεφανηφοροῦσα πομπεύει τὸν τῶν ἀμιάντων ἄθλων ἀγῶνα νικήσασα. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 4:2)
  • ὅτε δὲ συνῆκεν οὐκέθ’ οἱο͂́σ τε ὢν αὑτῷ ἐπικουρεῖν, εἰπὼν πρὸσ τοὺσ παρόντασ τὸν ἐναγώνιον τῶν κηρύκων πόδα λήγει μὲν ἀγὼν τῶν καλλίστων ἄθλων ταμίασ, καιρὸσ δὲ καλεῖ μηκέτι μέλλειν, καὶ πάντων ἀποσχόμενοσ ἀπῆλθεν τοῦ βίου φαιδρὸσ καὶ οἱο͂σ ἀεὶ τοῖσ ἐντυγχάνουσιν ἐφαίνετο. (Lucian, (no name) 65:1)
  • ἡδὺ γάρ μοι ἀεὶ μεμνῆσθαι τῶν ἄθλων τοιούτων ὄντων. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 13:3)
  • "καθ’ ὃν γὰρ ἄγεται καιρὸν ἐπιτηρήσαντεσ ἄθλων ὑπερβολῇ ὡσ αὑτοὺσ καλεῖν ἐπεχείρουν τοὺσ ἀθλητάσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 20 1:10)
  • καὶ τῆσ ποιήσεωσ τῶν Νικῶν καὶ τῶν ἄθλων τῶν εἰσ τὰ Παναθήναια συνεπιμελεῖται μετὰ τοῦ ταμίου τῶν στρατιωτικῶν. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 49 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. prize of a contest

  2. contest

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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