Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἄεθλον (áethlon) Epic, uncontracted
Noun
ἆθλον • (âthlon) n (genitive ἄθλου); second declension (Attic, contracted)
- prize of a contest
- contest
- place of combat, arena
Inflection
Second declension of
τὸ ἆθλον;
τοῦ ἄθλου
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
τὸ ἆθλον
|
τὼ ἄθλω
|
τᾰ̀ ἆθλᾰ
|
| Genitive |
τοῦ ἄθλου
|
τοῖν ἄθλοιν
|
τῶν ἄθλων
|
| Dative |
τῷ ἄθλῳ
|
τοῖν ἄθλοιν
|
τοῖς ἄθλοις
|
| Accusative |
τὸ ἆθλον
|
τὼ ἄθλω
|
τᾰ̀ ἆθλᾰ
|
| Vocative |
ἆθλον
|
ἄθλω
|
ἆθλᾰ
|
| Notes: |
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
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Second declension of
ἄεθλον;
ἀέθλου (
Epic)
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
ἄεθλον
|
ἀέθλω
|
ἄεθλᾰ
|
| Genitive |
ἀέθλου / ἀεθλοῖο / ἀέθλοιο / ἀεθλόο / ἀέθλοο
|
ἀέθλοιῐν
|
ἀέθλων
|
| Dative |
ἀέθλῳ
|
ἀέθλοιῐν
|
ἀέθλοισῐ / ἀέθλοις
|
| Accusative |
ἄεθλον
|
ἀέθλω
|
ἄεθλᾰ
|
| Vocative |
ἄεθλον
|
ἀέθλω
|
ἄεθλᾰ
|
| Notes: |
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
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Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ἆθλον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἆθλον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- «ἆθλον» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «ἆθλον» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- CLARKSON, James, Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings from the International Conference, 2002
- Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag