ἀθλοφόρος
athlophoros
bearing away the prize, victorious
Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀθλοφόρος, ον, Ep. and Lyr. ἀεθλ-,
‹ All lexicon entries bearing away the prize, victorious, ἵππος Il. 9.124, 22.22, 2, cf. Inscr.Olymp. 166; ἄνδρες O. 7.7, cf. 1.31, etc.; of martyrs, JRS 10.47.
II. prize-giving, ἀγῶνες IG 7.530.3 (Tanagra).
III. ἀθλοφόρος, ἡ, title of priestess at Alexandria, ἀ. Βερενίκης OGI 90.5 (Canopus), PTeb. 176 (circ. 200 B.C.), etc.