Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Olympic"
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\ (-an), Olympic \O*lym"pic\ (-p[i^]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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Olympic
adj 1: of or relating to the Olympic Games; "Olympic winners" [syn:
{Olympic}]
2: of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants;
"Olympian plain" [syn: {Olympian}, {Olympic}]
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