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 • (Olumpĭkós) m (feminine Ὀλυμπῐκή, neuter Ὀλυμπῐκόν); first/second declension
- Olympic (of or pertaining to Mount Olympus)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | Ὀλυμπῐκός Olumpĭkós |
Ὀλυμπῐκή Olumpĭkḗ |
Ὀλυμπῐκόν Olumpĭkón |
Ὀλυμπῐκώ Olumpĭkṓ |
Ὀλυμπῐκᾱ́ Olumpĭkā́ |
Ὀλυμπῐκώ Olumpĭkṓ |
Ὀλυμπῐκοί Olumpĭkoí |
Ὀλυμπῐκαί Olumpĭkaí |
Ὀλυμπῐκᾰ́ Olumpĭkắ | |||||
| Genitive | Ὀλυμπῐκοῦ Olumpĭkoû |
Ὀλυμπῐκῆς Olumpĭkês |
Ὀλυμπῐκοῦ Olumpĭkoû |
Ὀλυμπῐκοῖν Olumpĭkoîn |
Ὀλυμπῐκαῖν Olumpĭkaîn |
Ὀλυμπῐκοῖν Olumpĭkoîn |
Ὀλυμπῐκῶν Olumpĭkôn |
Ὀλυμπῐκῶν Olumpĭkôn |
Ὀλυμπῐκῶν Olumpĭkôn | |||||
| Dative | Ὀλυμπῐκῷ Olumpĭkōî |
Ὀλυμπῐκῇ Olumpĭkēî |
Ὀλυμπῐκῷ Olumpĭkōî |
Ὀλυμπῐκοῖν Olumpĭkoîn |
Ὀλυμπῐκαῖν Olumpĭkaîn |
Ὀλυμπῐκοῖν Olumpĭkoîn |
Ὀλυμπῐκοῖς Olumpĭkoîs |
Ὀλυμπῐκαῖς Olumpĭkaîs |
Ὀλυμπῐκοῖς Olumpĭkoîs | |||||
| Accusative | Ὀλυμπῐκόν Olumpĭkón |
Ὀλυμπῐκήν Olumpĭkḗn |
Ὀλυμπῐκόν Olumpĭkón |
Ὀλυμπῐκώ Olumpĭkṓ |
Ὀλυμπῐκᾱ́ Olumpĭkā́ |
Ὀλυμπῐκώ Olumpĭkṓ |
Ὀλυμπῐκούς Olumpĭkoús |
Ὀλυμπῐκᾱ́ς Olumpĭkā́s |
Ὀλυμπῐκᾰ́ Olumpĭkắ | |||||
| Vocative | Ὀλυμπῐκέ Olumpĭké |
Ὀλυμπῐκή Olumpĭkḗ |
Ὀλυμπῐκόν Olumpĭkón |
Ὀλυμπῐκώ Olumpĭkṓ |
Ὀλυμπῐκᾱ́ Olumpĭkā́ |
Ὀλυμπῐκώ Olumpĭkṓ |
Ὀλυμπῐκοί Olumpĭkoí |
Ὀλυμπῐκαί Olumpĭkaí |
Ὀλυμπῐκᾰ́ Olumpĭkắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| Ὀλυμπῐκῶς Olumpĭkôs |
Ὀλυμπῐκώτερος Olumpĭkṓteros |
Ὀλυμπῐκώτᾰτος Olumpĭkṓtătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Descendants
Descendants
- → Catalan: olímpic
- → Chinese: 奧林匹克 / 奥林匹克 (àolínpǐkè), 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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- olympia idem, page 572.