ἆθλος
ἆθλος,
ὁ, contr. from Ep. and Ion.
ἄεθλος, which alone is used by
Hom. (except in
Od. 8.160 ), and mostly by
Hdt. and
Pi.:—
A). contest either in war or sport, esp.
contest for a prize,
Hom.;
νικᾶν τοιῷδ’ ἐπ’ ἀέθλῳ (for the arms of Achilles)
Od. 11.548 ;
ἄεθλος πρόκειται a task is set one,
Hdt. 1.126 ;
ἐμοὶ μὲν οὗτος ἄ. ὑποκείσεται Pi. O. 1.84 ;
ἄεθλον προτιθέναι to set it,
Hdt. 7.197 ;
ἆθλοι Πυθικοί, Δελφικοί, S. El. 49 ,
682 ;
toil,
Pi. P. 4.165 ; of the labours of Heracles,
D.S. 4.11 , etc.: metaph.,
conflict, struggle, ordeal,
Alc. 33 ,
A. Pr. 702 ,
752 ,
S. Ant. 856 .
II). =
ἆθλον 1 ,
Theoc. 8.11s qq.—On the proper difference of
ἆθλον and
ἆθλος v.
ἆθλον 11 . (For
ἄvεθλος, ἄvεθλον, as in
IG 5(2).75 .)
ShortDef
a contest for a prize
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἆθλος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αθλος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-2033
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἆθλος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, contr. from Ep. and Ion. <span class="orth greek">ἄεθλος</span>, which alone is used by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> (except in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:160" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.160/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.160 </a>), and mostly by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> </span> and <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span></span>:—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">contest</span> either in war or sport, esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">contest for a prize</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>; <span class="foreign greek">νικᾶν τοιῷδ’ ἐπ’ ἀέθλῳ</span> (for the arms of Achilles) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:548" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.548/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.548 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἄεθλος πρόκειται</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a task</span> is set one, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:126" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.126/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.126 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐμοὶ μὲν οὗτος ἄ. ὑποκείσεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.84/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 1.84 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἄεθλον προτιθέναι</span> to set it, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:197" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.197/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.197 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἆθλοι Πυθικοί, Δελφικοί,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 49 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:682" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:682/canonical-url/"> 682 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">toil</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:165" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.165/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.165 </a>; of the labours of Heracles, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:4:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:4.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 4.11 </a>, etc.: metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">conflict, struggle, ordeal</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> 33 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:702" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:702/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 702 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:752" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:752/canonical-url/"> 752 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:856" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:856/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 856 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">ἆθλον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1/canonical-url/"> 1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:11s" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.11s/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 8.11s </a>qq.—On the proper difference of <span class="foreign greek">ἆθλον</span> and <span class="foreign greek">ἆθλος</span> v. <span class="ref greek">ἆθλον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>. (For <span class="foreign greek">ἄvεθλος, ἄvεθλον,</span> as in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 5(2).75 </span>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}