athleta
Latin > English
athleta athletae N M :: wrestler, boxer, athlete, one who is in public games; expert, old-hand; contest
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
āthlēta,¹¹ æ, m. (ἀθλητής), athlète [celui qui combat dans les jeux] : Cic. CM 27 ; Or. 228.
Latin > German (Georges)
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).