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ΑΘΛΗΜΑΤΑ (Athlimata)
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What is the Greek word for one who participates in sports contests?
σπορ = Sports Or as a noun: αθλητισμός = Sports (noun)
What do the word Nike mean in Greek?
god of sports
What was the greek word for one who participated in sports?
poo
How do you say athletic in Greek?
You can say athlete in Greek by saying athlitis. If you wanted to say the word sports in Greek it would be athlitismos.
Is the greek sports the same as the US sports?
Yes and no. There are some Greek sports in the USA sports.
What is the greek word for room for indoor sports?
gymnasium (literally: a place to exercise naked)
What are greek and roman sports?
Greek sports are those sports which are introduced by Greeks and Romans Sports are those sports which were introduced by Romans.
What is the word for the fear of viewing sports or playing sports?
sportsphobiaIt is not sportsphobia. That mixes Latin with Greek words which you should try to avoid in compound words.The word 'sport' comes from from Old French desporter(des- 'away' + porter 'carry') which is in turn from the Latin word portare, to carry).The word 'phobia' is the Greek word for fear, so you cannot mix the two.Sp, to work out the name of any phobia, you need to find the name of the thing that is feared in Greek (for example spider in Greek is arakhne, so the fear of spiders is arachno-phobia).The Greek for sport is athletikos (which originally meant to compete for a prize), so a fear of sports is athletikophonia.I mean here ancient Greek of course, as in modern Greek the word 'spor' is also used for sport.
What sports do Greek do?
Sprint.100 meter sprint is dedicated from greek sports.
What is the name of the building where the athletes lived and trained in ancient olympic games?
You might be thinking of gymnasion, a greek word for a sports school and where our current word gymnasium derives. The word gymnos in Greek, incidently, meant naked.
What does 'athlete' mean in Greek?
It means someone who does a sport or sports . It it derived from άθλος (athlos) meaning a great achievement, but the word athlete is only used for sports.
How did they make the name for all sports?
It either comes from the person who invented it or it should be a base/ root word from greek or latin.
