ἀθλητής

A. combatant, champion; esp. in games, Pi. N. 5.49, 10.51 (in form ἀεθλ‐), cf. Pl. R. 410b, IG 4.1508B (Epid.), etc.: of Christian martyrs, Epist.Gall. ap. Jul. 454d, cf. JRS 10.53.

2. as Adj., ἀ. ἵππος a race-horse, Lys. 19.63, Pl. Prm. 137a.

II. c. gen. rei, practised in, master of, πολέμου Pl. R. 543b; τῶν καλῶν ἔργων D. 25.97; βδελυρίας Theopomp. Hist.217; τῶν ἔργων (sc. τῶν πολεμικῶν) Arist. Pol. 1321a26; τῆς ἀληθινῆς λέξεως D.H. Dem. 18; πάσης ἀρετῆς D.S. 9.1; οἵους ἡ γῆ τοὺς ἑαυτῆς ἀ. ἀποτελεῖ Philostr. Im. 2.24.