The corpus record

κατ-αθλέω

katathleo

wrestle down, overcome

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What it meant

κατ-αθλέω · kat-athleō — LSJ

wrestle down, overcome

wrestle down, overcome, τινα Plu. Cleom. 27: metaph., τὴν ἀμαθίαν Id. Aud. 2.47f; ἀσκήσει τὸ ἄλογον Cohib. ib. 459b.

2 master by practice

master by practice, τοῦτον τὸν τόπον Arr. Epict. 2.17.31.

3 train, exercise

train, exercise, τινὰς ἐν ἀκοντισμοῖς Plu. Lib.educ. 2.8d:—Pass., -ηθλημένοι ἐν πολέμοις D.H. 13.12.

II exercise oneself, train, well-trained

intr., exercise oneself, train, Plu. Lib.educ. 2.2e; -ηθληκότες well-trained, of soldiers, Id. Mar. 26.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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