ἄθλησις

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A contest, combat, esp. of athletes, Plb.5.64.6, SIG1073.24 (Olympia), IG14.1102: pl., Phld.Mus.p.14 K.; κατὰ τὴν ἄ. 'in the athletic world', CPHerm. 119<*>iii 13 (iii A. D.); training, practice, D.S.3.33.    2 generally, struggle, trial, ἄ. ὑπομένειν Ep.Heb.10.32.

German (Pape)

[Seite 47] ἡ, Kampf, Uebung, Polyb. 5, 64, 6; Plut. Th. 10.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἄθλησις: ἡ, ἀγών, ἅμιλλα, ἰδίως ἐπὶ ἀθλητῶν, Πολύβ. 5, 64, 6, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 5913. 36. 2) καθόλου, ἀγών, δυσχέρεια, δοκιμασία, ἄθλ. ὑπομένειν, Ἐπιστ. πρὸς Ἑβρ. ιϳ, 32· περὶ τοῦ μαρτυρίου, Μαρτύριον ἁγ. Ἰγνατ. 4.

French (Bailly abrégé)

εως (ἡ) :
lutte, exercice d’athlète.
Étymologie: ἀθλέω.

Spanish (DGE)

-εως, ἡ
1 competición gener. deport., Plb.5.64.6, 7.10.4, Phld.Mus.1.29.40, IO 54.13 (II d.C.), IUrb.Rom.240.36 (II/III d.C.), D.C.79.16.2
•práctica atlética, atletismo γνοὺς τῶν πρὸς ἀνδρείαν ἔργων κάλλιστον ἅμα καὶ ἐπιπονώτατον τὴν ἄθλησιν D.Chr.29.9, τὸ πρόθυμον αὐτοῦ καὶ μεγαλοφυὲς περὶ τὴν ἄθλησιν IKnidos 234.11 (II/III d.C.), ἄνδρες εὐδόκιμοι κατὰ τὴν ἄθλησιν γενόμενοι hombres que llegaron a ser famosos en el atletismo, CPHerm.119ue.3.13 (III d.C.), cf. IHerm.Magn.49.13 (III d.C.).
2 práctica, entrenamiento guerrero: en el tiro con arco, D.S.3.33, musical τὰ δέοντα πάντα ... εἰς ἄθλησιν τῆς κιθαρῳδικῆς τέχνης PLond.2017.12 (III a.C.).
3 prueba, fatiga, Ep.Hebr.10.32, del martirio, Basil.M.31.237A, de la vida ascética, Ath.Al.M.26.860A.

English (Abbott-Smith)

• † ἄθλησις, -εως, ἡ (< ἀθλέω),
  a contest, combat, esp. of athletes; fig., a struggle: He 10:32 (for exx., v. MM, VGT, s.v.). †

English (Strong)

from ἀθλέω; a struggle (figuratively): fight.

English (Thayer)

(ἀθροίζω) perfect passive participle ἠθροισμένος; (from ἀθρόος, equivalent to θρόος (a noisy crowd, noise), with a copulative (see A, a, 2)); to collect together, assemble; passive to be assembled, to convene: L T Tr WH. (Sophocles) Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Photius, others; O. T. Apocrypha; sometimes in the Sept. for קָבַץ.) (Compare: ἐπαθροίζω, συναθροίζω).

Greek Monotonic

ἄθλησις: ἡ (ἀθλέω), αγώνας, δοκιμασία, άμιλλα μεταξύ των αθλητών, σε Καινή Διαθήκη