LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefirst declension

āthlēta

āthlēta m (genitive āthlētae)
Classical[aːtʰˈɫeː.ta]Ecclesiastical[atˈlɛː.ta]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. wrestler, athlete

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī corpus exercet et in certāminibus pugnat: currit, iacit, luctātur.
athlēta -ae m — in Mille Verba, ch. Lūdī et Ōtium

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeāthlētaāthlētae
genitiveāthlētaeāthlētārum
dativeāthlētaeāthlētīs
accusativeāthlētamāthlētās
ablativeāthlētāāthlētīs
vocativeāthlētaāthlētae

āthlēta, ae, com. (nom. athletes, Stat. S. 53, 222; acc. athletam, Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; v. Neue, Formenl. I. pp. 32, 593), = ἀθλητής,
I. a wrestler, a prize-fighter, athlete, Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Or. 68, 228; id. Tusc. 2, 23, 56; 2, 17, 40; Nep. Epam. 2, 4; Liv. 39, 22 al.— Trop., one who, by exertion and practice, has acquired much skill in a thing, a champion, master (only ante- and post-class.): pecuarii athletae, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 2: athletae comitiorum, id. ib. 3, 5 fin.

Origins

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

Descendants
  • Catalanatleta
  • Frenchathlète
  • Romanianatletfrom French athlète
  • GermanAthlet
  • Italianatleta
  • Occitanatlèta
  • Portugueseatleta
  • Spanishatleta
  • Czechatlet
  • Danishatlet

Quick answers

What does āthlēta mean in Latin?
āthlēta, a noun, means “wrestler, athlete”.
What is the genitive of āthlēta?
The genitive singular is āthlētae. āthlēta is masculine, first declension.
How do you pronounce āthlēta?
In classical Latin, [aːtʰˈɫeː.ta]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [atˈlɛː.ta].