athleticus Latin · revision 9133

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Celsus|origins=grc ἀθλητικός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aːtʰˈɫeː.tɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [atˈlɛː.ti.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''āthlēticus''' (feminine āthlētica, neuter āthlēticum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ἀθλητικός|tr=āthlētikós|t=athletic]], from ⟨athlētḗs⟩ “athlete”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Celsus, whom he dates 14–37 AD, and Celsus has ''victus āthlēticus'' “an athlete's diet”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of or proper to an athlete, and ''ars āthlētica'' or ''āthlētica'' was athletics, as in Gellius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note it is not in Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It gave [[en|athletic]] in the 1630s, “pertaining to an athlete or to contests of strength”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1630s – English ''athletic'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of an athlete, [[m|en|athletic]], ''ars āthlētica'', athletics.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[athletica]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[āthlēta]]

+ * [[en|athletic]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}