φίλαθλος

φῐλ-αθλος, ον,

• fond of games (i e. as a competitor), Ph. 1.268, Ptol. Tetr. 166; θεός Plu. QConv. 2.724b: metaph., fond of exertion, διάνοια, νοῦς, Ph. 1.543, 523; also γυμνάσια φ. IG 3.1344.