Ὀλύμπια

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation
 

Etymology 1

From Ὀλυμπῐ́ᾱ (Olumpíā, “Olympia”).

Proper noun

Ὀλύμπῐᾰ • (Olúmpia) n pl (genitive Ὀλυμπῐ́ων); second declension

  1. the ancient Olympic Games
Inflection
Second declension of τᾰ̀ Ὀλύμπῐᾰ; τῶν Ὀλυμπῐ́ων (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative τᾰ̀ Ὀλύμπῐᾰ
tà Olúmpia
Genitive τῶν Ὀλυμπῐ́ων
tôn Olumpíōn
Dative τοῖς Ὀλυμπῐ́οις
toîs Olumpíois
Accusative τᾰ̀ Ὀλύμπῐᾰ
tà Olúmpia
Vocative Ὀλύμπῐᾰ
Olúmpia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants
  • Greek: Ολύμπια (Olýmpia)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

Ὀλύμπια • (Olúmpia)

  1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural of Ὀλύμπιος (Olúmpios)

References
  • “Ὀλύμπια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019
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