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 • (Olumpĭkós) 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 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 Olumpĭkôi	Ὀλυμπῐκῇ Olumpĭkêi	Ὀλυμπῐκῷ Olumpĭkôi		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:		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.