Athlothetes

/ˈæθloʊˌθiːts/ noun

Definition

The plural form of athlothete; multiple athletes in an archaic or variant spelling.

Etymology

The plural form of the rare variant athlothete, following standard English pluralization. This would be the collective form in historical or specialized usage.

Kelly Says

Watching how plural forms survive in old texts tells us about language change—sometimes the singular disappears but plurals hang on in formal records, making them our only evidence that a word form ever existed!

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