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.
- οἷσ ἑξῆσ ὁ Κιθαιρὼν καὶ τὰ Θηβαίων καὶ Λαβδακιδῶν πάθη καὶ Κάδμου ἐπιδημία καὶ βοὸσ ὄκλασισ καὶ ὄφεωσ ὀδόντεσ καὶ Σπαρτῶν ἀνάδοσισ καὶ αὖθισ τοῦ Κάδμου εἰσ δράκοντα μεταβολὴ καὶ πρὸσ λύραν τείχισισ καὶ μανία τοῦ τειχοποιοῦ καὶ τῆσ γυναικὸσ αὐτοῦ τῆσ Νιόβησ ἡ μεγαλαυχία καὶ ἡ ἐπὶ τῷ πένθει σιγὴ καὶ τὰ Πενθέωσ καὶ Ἀκταίωνοσ καὶ τὰ Οἰδίποδοσ καὶ Ἡρακλῆσ σὺν τοῖσ ἄθλοισ αὐτοῦ ἅπασιν καὶ ἡ τῶν παίδων σφαγή. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 41:2)
- "τοῦ δὲ Αἰγυπτίου μύρου μνημονεύων Ἀχαιὸσ ἐν Ἄθλοισ φησιν ἰσάργυρόν τ’ εἰσ χεῖρα Κυπρίου λίθου δώσουσι κόσμον χριμάτων τ’ Αἰγυπτίων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 36 4:38)
- προτέρου Στησιχόρου ἢ Ἰβύκου ἐν τοῖσ Ἄθλοισ ἐπιγραφομένοισ εἰρηκότοσ φέρεσθαι τῇ παρθένῳ δῶρα σασαμίδασ χόνδρον τε καὶ ἐγκρίδασ, ἄλλα τε πέμματα καὶ μέλι χλωρόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 72 3:5)
- ὁ γὰρ Στησίχοροσ οὕτωσ εἴρηκεν ἐν τῷ προκειμένῳ ᾄσματι τοῖσ Ἄθλοισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 72 5:1)
- Ἀχαιὸσ δ’ ἐν Ἄθλοισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 11 4:1)
Synonyms
-
prize of a contest
-
contest
