athleta

athleta (plural athletas)

1. athlete

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aːtʰˈɫeː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [atˈlɛː.ta]

āthlēta m (genitive āthlētae); first declension

1. wrestler, athlete

First-declension noun.

• “athleta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “athleta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “athleta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

athleta m or f by sense (plural athletas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of atleta
   • 1934 October 15, “Tentativas de Beccali para melhorar o recorde de 1.500 mts. [Attempts by Beccali to improve the 1500-mt. record]”, in A Tribuna, volume XLI, number 203, Santos, page 3:

     O grande athleta italiano Beccali, que muito sobresaiu nas ultimas Olympiadas de Los Angeles, encontra-se presentemente nos Estados Unidos […]

     The great Italian athlete Beccali, who excelled in the last Los Angeles Olympics, find himself currently in the United States […]