āthlētĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἀθλητικός,
of or pertaining to the athlete , athletic (not in Cic.): victus, Cels. 4, 6 fin. : ars, Gell. 15, 16, 2; also without ars: āthlētĭca , ae, f., the athletic art , athletics , Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 205.—Adv.: āthlētĭcē , athletically , only in Plaut.: Pancratice atque athletice (valuit), Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 14: Valet pugilice atque athletice, id. Ep. 1, 1, 18.