Ὀλυμπικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos) +‎ -ικός (-ikós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.lym.pi.kós/ → /o.lym.piˈkos/ → /o.lim.biˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.lym.pi.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.lym.piˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.lym.piˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.lym.piˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.lim.biˈkos/

Adjective

Ὀλυμπῐκός • (Olumpikós) m (feminine Ὀλυμπῐκή, neuter Ὀλυμπῐκόν); first/second declension

1. Olympic (of or pertaining to Mount Olympus)

Declension

First and second declension of Ὀλυμπῐκός; Ὀλυμπῐκή; Ὀλυμπῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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.