1. Ὀλυμπ-ίας · Olymp-ias — LSJ
the WNW. wind
the WNW. wind, elsewh. Ἀργέστης or Ἰᾶπυξ, Arist. Mete. 363b24, Mu. 394b26, Lyd. Mens. 4.119.
The corpus record
Ὀλυμπιάς
olumpias · ὁ
the WNW. wind
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Where it lives
- Theogony 4 · 5.81/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 60 · 5.61/10k
- Hippias Minor 1 · 2.3/10k
- Archidamus 1 · 1.63/10k
- Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
- Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
- Histories 8 · 0.44/10k
- Laws 1 · 0.1/10k
- Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
- History 1 · 0.07/10k
What it meant
2. Ὀλυμπ-ιάς · Olymp-ias — LSJ
Olympian, dweller on Olympus, goddess, of, Olympus
Olympian, epith. of the Muses, Il. 2.491, h.Merc. 450, Hes. Th. 25, 52 : then, generally, dweller on Olympus, goddess, Id. Fr. 142.2 ; Ὀ. βασιλείης, of the Argive Hera, Phoronis 4 ; Ὀ. Χάριτες Ar. Av. 782 ; ἤ τις Ὀλυμπιάδων θεᾶν, of the nymphs of the Mysian Olympus, S. Aj. 881 (lyr.).
2 of the Olympic games
Ὀ. ἐλαῖαι olive-crowns of the Olympic games, Pi. N. 1.17.
II
as Subst.,
1 the Olympic games
the Olympic games, Hdt. 7.206 ; τῇ Ὀ. νικᾶν Id. 6.103 ; τὸ κλέος . . τᾶν Ὀλυμπιάδων Pi. O. 1.94, cf. 2.3, al.
2 a victory at Olympia, the glory of an Olympic victory, a victory in the Olympic games, any victory, triumph
(sc. νίκη) a victory at Olympia, τοῖσι Λακεδαιμονίοισι Ὀλυμπιάδα προσέβαλε the glory of an Olympic victory, Hdt. 6.70 ; Ὀλυμπιάδα ἀνελέσθαι win a victory in the Olympic games, ib. 103, cf. 125 ; νικᾶν Ὀ. Id. 9.33, cf. Simon. 152 ; later, any victory or triumph, Philostr. VA 4.44.
3 an Olympiad
an Olympiad, i.e. the space of four years between the celebrations of the Olympic games, Timae. 21, cf. SIG 557.15 (iii B.C.).
In the wild
- Ὀλυμπιάδες · Olympiades Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 593)
- Ὀλυμπιάδι · Olympiadi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.10 (DIORISIS sentence 947)
- Ὀλυμπιάδα · Olympiada Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.11 (DIORISIS sentence 1033)
- Ὀλυμπιάδος · Olympiados Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 283)
- Ὀλυμπιάδος · Olympiados Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 285)
- Ὀλυμπιάδα · Olympiada Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 472)
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