Ὀλυμπικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos) + -ικός (-ikós)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.lym.pi.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /o.lym.piˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.lym.piˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.lym.piˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.lim.biˈkos/
Adjective
Ὀλυμπῐκός • (Olumpikós) m (feminine Ὀλυμπῐκή, neuter Ὀλυμπῐκόν); first/second declension
- Olympic (of or pertaining to Mount Olympus)
Declension
First and second declension of Ὀλυμπῐκός; Ὀλυμπῐκή; Ὀλυμπῐκόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | Ὀλυμπῐκός Olumpikós | Ὀλυμπῐκή Olumpikḗ | Ὀλυμπῐκόν Olumpikón | Ὀλυμπῐκώ Olumpikṓ | Ὀλυμπῐκᾱ́ Olumpikā́ | Ὀλυμπῐκώ Olumpikṓ | Ὀλυμπῐκοί Olumpikoí | Ὀλυμπῐκαί Olumpikaí | Ὀλυμπῐκᾰ́ Olumpiká | |||||
Genitive | Ὀλυμπῐκοῦ Olumpikoû | Ὀλυμπῐκῆς Olumpikês | Ὀλυμπῐκοῦ Olumpikoû | Ὀλυμπῐκοῖν Olumpikoîn | Ὀλυμπῐκαῖν Olumpikaîn | Ὀλυμπῐκοῖν Olumpikoîn | Ὀλυμπῐκῶν Olumpikôn | Ὀλυμπῐκῶν Olumpikôn | Ὀλυμπῐκῶν Olumpikôn | |||||
Dative | Ὀλυμπῐκῷ Olumpikôi | Ὀλυμπῐκῇ Olumpikêi | Ὀλυμπῐκῷ Olumpikôi | Ὀλυμπῐκοῖν Olumpikoîn | Ὀλυμπῐκαῖν Olumpikaîn | Ὀλυμπῐκοῖν Olumpikoîn | Ὀλυμπῐκοῖς Olumpikoîs | Ὀλυμπῐκαῖς Olumpikaîs | Ὀλυμπῐκοῖς Olumpikoîs | |||||
Accusative | Ὀλυμπῐκόν Olumpikón | Ὀλυμπῐκήν Olumpikḗn | Ὀλυμπῐκόν Olumpikón | Ὀλυμπῐκώ Olumpikṓ | Ὀλυμπῐκᾱ́ Olumpikā́ | Ὀλυμπῐκώ Olumpikṓ | Ὀλυμπῐκούς Olumpikoús | Ὀλυμπῐκᾱ́ς Olumpikā́s | Ὀλυμπῐκᾰ́ Olumpiká | |||||
Vocative | Ὀλυμπῐκέ Olumpiké | Ὀλυμπῐκή Olumpikḗ | Ὀλυμπῐκόν Olumpikón | Ὀλυμπῐκώ Olumpikṓ | Ὀλυμπῐκᾱ́ Olumpikā́ | Ὀλυμπῐκώ Olumpikṓ | Ὀλυμπῐκοί Olumpikoí | Ὀλυμπῐκαί Olumpikaí | Ὀλυμπῐκᾰ́ Olumpiká | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
Ὀλυμπῐκῶς Olumpikôs | Ὀλυμπῐκώτερος Olumpikṓteros | Ὀλυμπῐκώτᾰτος Olumpikṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Descendants
- → Catalan: olímpic
- → Chinese: 奧林匹克, 奥林匹克 (àolínpǐkè)
- → English: Olympic
- → Middle French: Olympicque
- French: olympique
- → Greek: Ολυμπικός (Olympikós)
- → Hungarian: olimpikon
- → Italian: olimpico
- → Japanese: オリンピック (orimpikku)
- → Latin: Olympicus
- → Korean: 올림픽 (ollimpik)
- → Portuguese: olímpico
- → Romanian: olimpic
- → Spanish: olímpico
Further reading
- Ὀλυμπικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Ὀλυμπικός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Olympia idem, page 1019.