A.“ἀέθλεον” Hdt.1.67, 7.212: aor. ἤθλησα (v. infr.): pf. “ἤθληκα” Plu.Demetr.5:—Med., aor. “ἐνηθλησάμην” AP7.117 (Zenod.):—Pass., pf. “κατήθλημαι” Suid.: (ἆθλος, ἆθλον):—commoner form of foreg., used by Hom. only in aor. part., Λαομέδοντι . . ἀθλήσαντε having contended with him, Il.7.453; πολλάπερ ἀθλήσαντα having gone through many struggles, 15.30; contend in battle, Hdt.7.212; “πρός τινα” 1.67; “ἀ. ἄθλους, ἀ. κατὰ τὴν ἀγωνίαν” Pl.Ti.19c and b, cf. Lg.830a; ἤθλησα κινδυνεύματα have engaged in perilous struggles, S.OC564; “φαῦλον ἀθλήσας πόνον” E.Supp. 317; “ἀ. τῷ σώματι” Aeschin.2.147.
II. to be an athlete, contend in games, Simon. 149, CIG2810b (Aphrodisias).