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 taskis set one, Hdt. 1.126 ; ἐμοὶ μὲν οὗτος ἄ. ὑποκείσεται
Pi. O. 1.84
;ἄεθλον προτιθέναιto 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 ofἆθλονandἆθλος
v. ἆθλον
11 . (Forἄϝεθλος, ἄϝεθλον,as in IG 5(2).75 .)