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

  • οὗτοσ ὁ νῦν τοιοῦτοσ Ὀλυμπικὸσ εἶχε, Σεβαστέ, ῥῖνα, γένειον, ὀφρῦν, ὠτάρια, βλέφαρα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 751)
  • ὁ δὲ ἀγὼν ὁ Ὀλυμπικὸσ ‐ ἐπανάγουσι γὰρ δὴ αὐτὸν ἐσ τὰ ἀνωτέρω τοῦ ἀνθρώπων γένουσ, Κρόνον καὶ Δία αὐτόθι παλαῖσαι λέγοντεσ καὶ ὡσ Κούρητεσ δράμοιεν πρῶτοι ‐ τούτων ἕνεκα ἐκτὸσ ἔστω μοι τοῦ παρόντοσ λόγου. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 2 3:1)

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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