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Olynthus

Olynthus · f

a city of Thrace

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ŏlynthus — Lewis & Short

ŏlynthus or -os, 1, f., = *)/olunqos,

I a city of Thrace, on the borders of Macedonia, now Agia Maria, or Aio Mamas, Mel. 2, 2, 9; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 42; Nep. Pel. 1, 2; Juv. 12, 47.—Hence,
II Olynthius, a, um, adj., of Olynthus, Olynthian, Curt. 8, 8, 19. —Subst.
A Olynthĭa, ae, f., the region about Olynthus, Varr. R. R. 1, 44.—
B Olynthius, ii, m., an Olynthian, Sen. Contr. 5, 10, 34.—Usually in plur.: Olyn-thii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Olynthus, the Olynthians, Nep. Timoth. 1, 2; Just. 8, 3, 10; 7, 4, 6.

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