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Headword:
*)olumpia/s
Adler number: omicron,215
Translated headword: Olympiad, Olympian Games
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A quadrennial contest.[1] There are 4 [sc. major] contests: Olympics, Isthmians, Nemeans and Pythians. There is also an expression
Olympiasi,[2] that is “in
Olympia”, where the games used to be held.
*)olumpia/s: tetraethriko\s a)gw/n. ei)si\ de\ d# a)gw=nes, *)olu/mpia, *)/isqmia, *ne/mea kai\ *pu/qia. le/getai kai\ *)olumpi/asi, toute/stin e)n toi=s *)olumpi/ois, e)/nqa h)gwni/zonto.
Notes:
See also
omicron 214..
[1] The Olympic Games may also be described as
pentaetereis, occurring every five (inclusive) years (e.g.,
Pindar,
Olympian Ode 10.57).
[2] A locative plural case form.
Translated by: Wm. Blake Tyrrell on 19 September 2005@20:52:06.
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