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Ὄλυμπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ὄλυμπος Ὄλυμπη Ὄλυμπον

Structure: Ὀλυμπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Olympus

Examples

  • δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ ξυλλεγῆναι μὲν ἐκκλησίαν ἐν τῷ Ὀλύμπῳ περὶ τροπὰσ χειμερινάσ, ἑλέσθαι δὲ ἐπιγνώμονασ τελείουσ θεοὺσ ἑπτά, τρεῖσ μὲν ἐκ τῆσ παλαιᾶσ βουλῆσ τῆσ ἐπὶ Κρόνου, τέτταρασ δὲ ἐκ τῶν δώδεκα, καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖσ τὸν Δία· (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 15:1)
  • Ὅμηροσ ὁ ποιητήσ φησι τοὺσ Ἀλωέωσ υἱέασ, δύο καὶ αὐτοὺσ ὄντασ, ἔτι παῖδασ ἐθελῆσαί ποτε τὴν Ὄσσαν ἐκ βάθρων ἀνασπάσαντασ ἐπιθεῖναι τῷ Ὀλύμπῳ, εἶτα τὸ Πήλιον ἐπ’ αὐτῇ, ἱκανὴν ταύτην κλίμακα ἕξειν οἰομένουσ καὶ πρόσβασιν ἐπὶ τὸν οὐρανόν. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 3:10)
  • Νίκα [γλυκύδωρε, μεγίσταν σοὶ πατ[ὴρ ὤπασσε τιμὰν ὑψίζυγ[οσ Οὐρανιδᾶν ἐν πολυχρύσῳ δ’ Ὀλύμπῳ Ζηνὶ παρισταμένα κρίνεισ τέλοσ ἀθανάτοι‐ σίν τε καὶ θνατοῖσ ἀρετᾶσ. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 1:1)
  • ἢν δ’ οὖν ὑμᾶσ μὲν ὑπ’ ἀγνοίασ εἶναι νομίσωσι τὸ μηδέν, τούτουσ δὲ θεοὺσ τοὺσ ἐν Ὀλύμπῳ τότε χρὴ στρούθων νέφοσ ἀρθὲν καὶ σπερμολόγων ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν τὸ σπέρμ’ αὐτῶν ἀνακάψαι· (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, antepirrheme20)
  • καὶ γὰρ τοῦτ’ ἔστ’ ἐν Ὀλύμπῳ· (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, antepirrheme 1:17)

Synonyms

  1. 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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