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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=athleta athletae N M :: wrestler, boxer, athlete, one who is in public games; expert, old-hand; contest
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>āthlēta</b>: ae, com. (nom. athletes, Stat. S. 53, 222; acc. athletam, Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; v. Neue, Formenl. I. pp. 32, 593), = [[ἀθλητής]],<br /><b>I</b> 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>āthlēta</b>,¹¹ æ, m. ([[ἀθλητής]]), athlète [celui qui combat dans les jeux] : Cic. CM 27 ; Or. 228.
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{{Georges
|georg=āthlēta, ae, m. ([[ἀθλητής]]), der Wettkämpfer, Wettringer, [[Athlet]] ([[rein]] lat. [[luctator]]), [[Milo]] Crotoniensis, [[athleta]] [[illustris]], Gell.: athletarum [[certamen]], Liv.: athletarum [[spectaculum]], Suet.: athletarum [[usus]], Nep.: athletarum [[exemplo]], Cels.: [[ille]] [[qui]] [[aut]] [[athleta]] [[aut]] pyctes est, Sen.: faciunt [[idem]], cum exercentur, athletae, Cic.: [[subduc]] cibum unum diem athletae, Cic. – übtr., [[ein]] [[Held]], [[Meister]], Virtuose in etw., athletae pecuarii, Varr. r. r. 2, 1, 2: comitiorum, ibid. 3, 5, 18. – / āthlētēs [[nur]] unsichere [[Konjektur]] b. Stat. Silv. 5, 3, 222 (wo Imhof Achaeis vermutet).
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