English Dictionary: Olympian Games | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Olympiad \O*lym"pi*ad\, n. The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as, the first Olympiad (1906). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Olympiad \O*lym"pi*ad\ ([osl]*l[icr]m"p[icr]*[acr]d), n. [L. olympias, -adis, Gr. 'olympia`s, -a`dos, fr. 'O`lympos Olympus, a mountain in Macedonia: cf. F. olympiade.] (Greek Antiq.) A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor[oe]bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Olympic \O*lym"pic\, [or] Olympian \O*lym"pi*an\, games \games\ . A modified revival of the ancient Olympian games, consisting of international athletic games, races, etc., now held once in four years, the first having been at Athens in 1896. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Olympian \O*lym"pi*an\ (-[ait]n), Olympic \O*lym"pic\ (-p[icr]k), a. [L. Olympius, Olympicus, Gr. 'Oly`mpios, 'Olympiko`s, fr. 'O`lympos: cf. F. olympique. See {Olympiad}.] Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis. {Olympic games}, [or] {Olympics} (Greek Antiq.), the greatest of the national festivals of the ancient Greeks, consisting of athletic games and races, dedicated to Olympian Zeus, celebrated once in four years at Olympia, and continuing five days. | |
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Olympianism \O*lym"pi*an*ism\, n. Worship of the Olympian gods, esp. as a dominant cult or religion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Olympic \O*lym"pic\, [or] Olympian \O*lym"pi*an\, games \games\ . A modified revival of the ancient Olympian games, consisting of international athletic games, races, etc., now held once in four years, the first having been at Athens in 1896. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Olympian \O*lym"pi*an\ (-[ait]n), Olympic \O*lym"pic\ (-p[icr]k), a. [L. Olympius, Olympicus, Gr. 'Oly`mpios, 'Olympiko`s, fr. 'O`lympos: cf. F. olympique. See {Olympiad}.] Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis. {Olympic games}, [or] {Olympics} (Greek Antiq.), the greatest of the national festivals of the ancient Greeks, consisting of athletic games and races, dedicated to Olympian Zeus, celebrated once in four years at Olympia, and continuing five days. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Olympian \O*lym"pi*an\ (-[ait]n), Olympic \O*lym"pic\ (-p[icr]k), a. [L. Olympius, Olympicus, Gr. 'Oly`mpios, 'Olympiko`s, fr. 'O`lympos: cf. F. olympique. See {Olympiad}.] Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis. {Olympic games}, [or] {Olympics} (Greek Antiq.), the greatest of the national festivals of the ancient Greeks, consisting of athletic games and races, dedicated to Olympian Zeus, celebrated once in four years at Olympia, and continuing five days. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Stadium \[d8]Sta"di*um\, n.; pl. {Stadia}. [L., a stadium (in sense 1), from Gr. [?].] 1. A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the {Olympic stadium}, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia. --Dr. W. Smith. 2. Hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic course for foot races. 3. A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends; especially (Surveying), a graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope; -- also called {stadia}, and {stadia rod}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Olympian \O*lym"pi*an\ (-[ait]n), Olympic \O*lym"pic\ (-p[icr]k), a. [L. Olympius, Olympicus, Gr. 'Oly`mpios, 'Olympiko`s, fr. 'O`lympos: cf. F. olympique. See {Olympiad}.] Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis. {Olympic games}, [or] {Olympics} (Greek Antiq.), the greatest of the national festivals of the ancient Greeks, consisting of athletic games and races, dedicated to Olympian Zeus, celebrated once in four years at Olympia, and continuing five days. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Olympionic \O*lym`pi*on"ic\, n. [Gr. [?] a conqueror in the Olympic games.] An ode in honor of a victor in the Olympic games. [R.] --Johnson. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Olimpo, PR (comunidad, FIPS 57075) Location: 18.00467 N, 66.10948 W Population (1990): 2460 (717 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Olympia, KY Zip code(s): 40358 Olympia, WA (city, FIPS 51300) Location: 47.04192 N, 122.89377 W Population (1990): 33840 (15928 housing units) Area: 41.8 sq km (land), 4.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98501, 98502 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Olympia Fields, IL (village, FIPS 55938) Location: 41.51737 N, 87.69294 W Population (1990): 4248 (1434 housing units) Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60461 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Olympia Heights, FL (CDP, FIPS 51475) Location: 25.73690 N, 80.35653 W Population (1990): 37792 (12237 housing units) Area: 17.5 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33165, 33175, 33185 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Olympian Village, MO (city, FIPS 54686) Location: 38.13464 N, 90.45724 W Population (1990): 752 (225 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Olympas a Roman Christian whom Paul salutes (Rom. 16:15). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Olympas, heavenly |