Ὄλυμπος

See also: Όλυμπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain origin. Some have linked it to οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”), but others have attributed it to a Pre-Greek word for "mountain" (Pelasgian dialect).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.lym.pos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.lym.pos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.lym.pos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.lym.pos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.lim.bos/

Proper noun

Ὄλῠμπος • (Ólumpos) m (genitive Ὀλῠ́μπου); second declension

Olympus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ὄλῠμπος; τοῦ Ὀλῠ́μπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὄλῠμπος ho Ólumpos
Genitive	τοῦ Ὀλῠ́μπου toû Olúmpou
Dative	τῷ Ὀλῠ́μπῳ tôi Olúmpōi
Accusative	τὸν Ὄλῠμπον tòn Ólumpon
Vocative	Ὄλῠμπε Ólumpe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ὀλυμπία (Olumpía)
Ὀλύμπια (Olúmpia)
Ὀλυμπίαζε (Olumpíaze)
Ὀλυμπιακός (Olumpiakós)
Ὀλυμπιάς (Olumpiás)
Ὀλυμπίασι (Olumpíasi)
Ὀλυμπιεῖον (Olumpieîon)
Ὀλυμπικός (Olumpikós)
Ὀλυμπιονίκης (Olumpioníkēs)
Ὀλύμπιος (Olúmpios)

Descendants

Albanian: Olymp
Asturian: Olimpu
Basque: Olinpo
Breton: Olympos
Bulgarian: Олимп (Olimp)
Catalan: Olimp
Czech: Olymp
Danish: Olympen
Dutch: Olympus
English: Olympus
Estonian: Olümpos
Finnish: Olympos
French: Olympe
Georgian: ოლიმპო (olimṗo), ულუმბო (ulumbo)
German: Olymp
Greek: Όλυμπος (Ólympos)
Hebrew: אולימפוס‎ (Olimpos)
Hungarian: Olümposz
Italian: Olimpo
Japanese: オリンポス (Orinposu)
Korean: 올림포스 (Ollimposeu)
Latin: Olympus
Lithuanian: Olimpas
Luxembourgish: Olymp
Norwegian: Olympos
Polish: Olimp
Portuguese: Olimpo
Romanian: Olimp
Russian: Олимп (Olimp)
Serbo-Croatian: Олимп, Olimp
Slovak: Olymp
Slovenian: Olimp
Spanish: Olimpo
Swedish: Olympen
Turkish: Olimpos
Ukrainian: Олімп (Olimp)