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ἆθλον , τό, Att. contr. from Ep., Ion., Lyr. ἄεθλον (which alone is used by Hom. and Hdt., mostly also by Pi., once by S.Tr.506 (lyr.)):—
II. = ἆθλος, contest, only in pl., “ζώννυνταί τε νέοι καὶ ἐπεντύνονται ἄεθλαOd.24.89, cf. Xenoph.2.5, Pi.O. 1.3: metaph., conflict, struggle, “πολλῶν ἔλεζεν δυσοίστων πόνων ἆθλαS.Ph.508; “ἄεθλ᾽ ἀγώνωνId.Tr.506:—this usage is censured by Luc. Sol.2.
III. in pl., place of combat, Pl.Lg.868a, 935b.
IV. Astrol., = κλῆρος (q. v.), Manil.3.162.
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