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Ὀλυμπιάς Ὀλυμπιάς, άδος, pecul. fem. of Ὀλύμπιος Olympian as epith. of the Muses, Il., Hes.; of the Graces, Ar. Ὀλ. ἐλαία the olive-crown of the Olympic games, Pind. as Subst., the Olympic games, Hdt., Pind. (sub. νίκη) , a victory at Olympia, Hdt. an Olympiad, i. e. the space of four years between the celebrations of the Olympic games; used as an historical date from about 300 B. C. The 1st Olympiad began 776 B. C.; the 293rd and last in 393 A. D.

ShortDef

Olympic (Muse)/games/victory; Olympiad (four years)

an Olympiad; Olympic games

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Headword:

Ὀλυμπιάς

Headword (normalized):

ὀλυμπιάς

Headword (normalized/stripped):

ολυμπιας

IDX:

23057

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n23080

Key:

*)olumpia/s

Data

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