A.combatant, champion; esp. in games, Pi.N.5.49, 10.51 (in form ἀεθλ-), cf. Pl.R. 410b, IG4.1508B (Epid.), etc.: of Christian martyrs, Epist.Gall. ap. Jul.454d, cf. JRS10.53.
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ἀθλ-ητής , contr. from ἀεθλητής, οῦ, ὁ:—