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|lshtext=<b>Ŏlympĭa</b>: ([[anciently]] Ŏlimpus and Ŏlumpus), ae, f., = [[Ὀλυμπία]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[sacred]] [[region]] in [[Elis]] Pisatis, [[with]] an [[olive]] [[wood]], [[where]] the Olympian games were held; [[there]], [[too]], were the [[famous]] [[temple]] and [[statue]] of [[Juppiter]] [[Olympius]]: cum Olympiam venisset, maximā illā quinquennali celebritate ludorum, Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6: cum uno [[die]] duo suos filios victores Olympiae vidisset, id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; 2, 20, 46; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Liv. 26, 24, 14.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Ŏlympĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Ὀλυμπιακος, Olympic: [[cursus]], Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4: [[palma]], Verg. G. 3, 49: [[corona]], Suet. Ner. 25: rami, i. e. [[oleaster]], Stat. Th. 6, 554: [[palaestra]], Luc. 4, 614.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Ŏlym-pĭānus, a, um, adj., Olympic ([[post]]-[[class]].), Marc. Emp. 35.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Ŏlympĭcus, a, um (gen. plur. Olympicūm for Olympicarum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23), adj., = [[Ὀλυμπικός]], Olympic ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-[[class]]. [[prose]]): [[pulvis]], Hor. C. 1, 1, 3: [[certamen]], Just. 12, 16, 6; 13, 5, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Ŏlympĭus, a, um, adj., = Ὀλυμπιος, Olympic ([[class]].): certamina, the Olympic games, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59: ludi, id. Stich. 2, 1, 34: [[delubrum]] Olympii Jovis, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 2; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14. There [[was]] also a [[temple]] of [[Juppiter]] [[Olympius]] in [[Athens]], Suet. Aug. 60; and in [[Syracuse]], Liv. 24, 21: [[equa]], [[that]] had [[run]] in the Olympic races, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Ŏlympĭus, ĭi, m., an [[appellation]] bestowed on [[distinguished]] men by the Greeks and Romans; of [[Pericles]], Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 74; Val. Max. 5, 10, 1 ext.; on coins, also of the Roman emperors, Hadrian and [[Commodus]], Eckhel. D. N. t. 6, p. 518.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Ŏlympĭum, ĭi, n., the [[temple]] of the Olympic Jupiter, Liv. 24, 33, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Ŏlympia, ōrum, n., Gr. τὰ [[Ὀλύμπια]] (sc. [[ἱερά]]), the Olympic games held [[every]] [[four]] years at [[Olympia]]: sic ut [[fortis]] [[equus]], spatio qui [[saepe]] [[supremo]] Vicit [[Olympia]], in the Olympic games (Gr. [[Ὀλύμπια]] [[νικᾶν]]), Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 Vahl.): ad [[Olympia]] proficisci, Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: magna coronari [[Olympia]] (Gr. [[Ὀλύμπια]] τὰ μεγάλα; opp. to the games held [[elsewhere]]), Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 50: Olympiorum solenne ludicrum, Liv. 28, 7: Olympiorum [[victoria]], the [[victory]] in the Olympic games, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> Ŏlympĭas, ădis, f., = [[Ὀλυμπιάς]], an Olympiad, the [[period]] of [[four]] years [[that]] elapsed [[between]] the Olympic games, and [[which]] the Greeks [[usually]] employed in the [[computation]] of [[time]]: [[centum]] et [[octo]] annis, [[postquam]] [[Lycurgus]] leges scribere instituit, prima posita est [[Olympias]], Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18: si [[Roma]] condita est [[secundo]] [[anno]] Olympiadis septumae, id. ib. 2, 10, 18; 2, 15, 28: [[ante]] primam Olympiadem condita, id. ib. 2, 23, 42: sextā Olympiade, Vell. 1, 8, 1.—In the poets [[sometimes]] for [[lustrum]], i. e. a [[period]] of [[five]] years: [[quinquennis]] [[Olympias]], Ov. P. 4, 6, 5: ter senas vidit Olympiadas, Mart. 7, 40, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> Ŏlympĭēum, i, n., = [[Ὀλυμπιεῖον]], a [[temple]] of the Olympic Jupiter, Vell. 1, 10, 1.