Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Ὀλυμπικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ὀλυμπικός Ὀλυμπική Ὀλυμπικόν

Structure: Ὀλυμπικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of Olympus
  2. of Olympia, Olympic, the Olympic

Examples

  • ἐπὶ δὲ Ἄγιδοσ τοῦ Ἀρχιδάμου βασιλεύοντοσ Λακεδαιμονίοισ ἄλλα τε ἐγένετο ἐσ Ἠλείουσ ἐγκλήματα καὶ τοῦ ἀγῶνοσ τοῦ Ὀλυμπικοῦ καὶ ἱεροῦ τοῦ Ὀλυμπίασιν ὑπ’ αὐτῶν εἰργόμενοι μάλιστα ἤχθοντο. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 8 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. of Olympus

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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