Ὀλύμπιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ὄλῠμπος (Ólumpos, “Olympus”) +‎ -ιος (-ios)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.lým.pi.os/ → /oˈlym.pi.os/ → /oˈlim.bi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.lým.pi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈlym.pi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈlym.pi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈlym.pi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈlim.bi.os/

Adjective

Ὀλῠ́μπῐος • (Olúmpios) m (feminine Ὀλῠμπῐ́η, neuter Ὀλῠ́μπῐον); first/second declension

1. Olympian

Inflection

First and second declension of Ὀλῠ́μπῐος; Ὀλῠμπῐ́η; Ὀλῠ́μπῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		Ὀλῠ́μπῐος Olúmpios	Ὀλῠμπῐ́η Olumpíē	Ὀλῠ́μπῐον Olúmpion		Ὀλῠμπῐ́ω Olumpíō	Ὀλῠμπῐ́ᾱ Olumpíā	Ὀλῠμπῐ́ω Olumpíō		Ὀλῠ́μπῐοι Olúmpioi	Ὀλῠ́μπῐαι Olúmpiai	Ὀλῠ́μπῐᾰ Olúmpia
Genitive		Ὀλῠμπῐ́ου Olumpíou	Ὀλῠμπῐ́ης Olumpíēs	Ὀλῠμπῐ́ου Olumpíou		Ὀλῠμπῐ́οιν Olumpíoin	Ὀλῠμπῐ́αιν Olumpíain	Ὀλῠμπῐ́οιν Olumpíoin		Ὀλῠμπῐ́ων Olumpíōn	Ὀλῠμπῐ́ων Olumpíōn	Ὀλῠμπῐ́ων Olumpíōn
Dative		Ὀλῠμπῐ́ῳ Olumpíōi	Ὀλῠμπῐ́ῃ Olumpíēi	Ὀλῠμπῐ́ῳ Olumpíōi		Ὀλῠμπῐ́οιν Olumpíoin	Ὀλῠμπῐ́αιν Olumpíain	Ὀλῠμπῐ́οιν Olumpíoin		Ὀλῠμπῐ́οις Olumpíois	Ὀλῠμπῐ́αις Olumpíais	Ὀλῠμπῐ́οις Olumpíois
Accusative		Ὀλῠ́μπῐον Olúmpion	Ὀλῠμπῐ́ην Olumpíēn	Ὀλῠ́μπῐον Olúmpion		Ὀλῠμπῐ́ω Olumpíō	Ὀλῠμπῐ́ᾱ Olumpíā	Ὀλῠμπῐ́ω Olumpíō		Ὀλῠμπῐ́ους Olumpíous	Ὀλῠμπῐ́ᾱς Olumpíās	Ὀλῠ́μπῐᾰ Olúmpia
Vocative		Ὀλῠ́μπῐε Olúmpie	Ὀλῠμπῐ́η Olumpíē	Ὀλῠ́μπῐον Olúmpion		Ὀλῠμπῐ́ω Olumpíō	Ὀλῠμπῐ́ᾱ Olumpíā	Ὀλῠμπῐ́ω Olumpíō		Ὀλῠ́μπῐοι Olúmpioi	Ὀλῠ́μπῐαι Olúmpiai	Ὀλῠ́μπῐᾰ Olúmpia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		Ὀλῠμπῐ́ως Olumpíōs				Ὀλῠμπῐώτερος Olumpiṓteros				Ὀλῠμπῐώτᾰτος Olumpiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “Ὀλύμπιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ὀλύμπιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Ὀλύμπιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “Ὀλύμπιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers