Ἀσκητικόν
athletics-induced
Translated by Jennifer Benedict20 Mar 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one that is] big. Aristophanes [writes]: "and I see the Athenians, just like wrestlers, pulling their cloaks away from their stomachs, so that they appear to suffer some enormous athletics-induced ailment."1
Also [sc. attested in the masculine]a)skhtiko/s , [meaning] a studious person, a philosopher.
Also [sc. attested in the masculine]