athleta

athleta (plural athletas)

1. athlete

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs), from ἀθλέω (athléō, “compete for a prize”), from ἆθλον (âthlon, “prize”) or ἆθλος (âthlos, “competition”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aːtʰˈleː.ta/, [äːt̪ʰˈɫ̪eːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /atˈle.ta/, [ät̪ˈlɛːt̪ä]

āthlēta m (genitive āthlētae); first declension

1. wrestler, athlete

First-declension noun.

• “athleta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “athleta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• athleta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.