Olympus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Olympus, from Ancient Greek Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos), likely of Pre-Greek origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈlɪmpəs/ === Proper noun === Olympus The highest mountain in Greece; in Ancient Greek mythology the home of the gods. ==== Translations ==== === See also === Olympic Olympia == Latin == === Alternative forms === Olympos === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, “Olympus”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔˈlym.pʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈlim.pus] === Proper noun === Olympus m sg (genitive Olympī); second declension Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece, thought of as the home of the gods in Ancient Greek mythology. (by transference from the previous sense) heaven One of various other mountains of the same name === Proper noun === Olympus f sg (genitive Olympī); second declension A city name taken from the name of a neighboring mountain ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Olympus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Olympus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.