Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Athletae

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

ATHLE'TAE (ἀθληταί). A general name for the combatants who contended for a prize (ἆθλον), in the public games of Greece and Italy; of whom there were five kinds, each distinguished by an appropriate name, viz. CURSOR, LUCTATOR, PUGIL, QUINQUERTIO, PANCRATIASTES.