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Ŏlympus (noun F) :
* A city in Cilicia, named from a neighboring mountain, now the ruins of Deliktash: Olympum cepit, urbem antiquam et omnibus rebus auctam,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56 (Zumpt N. cr.); Flor. 3, 6, 5; Eutr. 6, 3.
* A city of Lycia, named from a neighboring mountain, Cic. Ac. 1, 21, 56.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

Lewis Short

Ŏlympus (noun M) :
* A famous fluteplayer, pupil of Marsyas, Ov. M. 6, 393; id. P. 3, 3, 42; Hyg. Fab. 165; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 29.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

Lewis Short

Ŏlympus | -pos, um | Olĭmpus | Ŏlympĭădes (noun M.f) : and (anciently written ), , , = Ὄλυμπος.
* The name of several mountains, the most celebrated of which is one on the borders of Macedonia and Thessaly (now Lacha), of great height, and consequently regarded as the seat of the gods, Mel. 2, 3, 2; 4, 8, 15: Musae quae pedibus magnum pulsatis Olimpum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Müll.: his diis Helicona atque Olympon attribuerunt homines,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 7: frondosus,Verg. G. 1, 282: opacus,Hor. C. 3, 4, 52: nubes excedit Olympus,Luc. 2, 271.
* Transf., poet. for heaven: caelum dicunt Graeci Olympum,Varr. L. L. 7, § 20; Verg. E. 6, 86: longus Olympus,the distant heavens,id. G. 3, 223: annuit (Juppiter) et totum nutu tremefecit Olympum,id. A. 9, 106: stelliger,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1907.—Hence, , , , the Muses (perh. only acc. to the foll. remark): caelum dicunt Graeci Olympum montem in Macedoniā omnes, a quo potius puto Musas dictas Olympiadas,Varr. L. L. 7, § 20.
* Of other mountains.
* In Bithynia, Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 148.
* In Peloponnesus, Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 352.
* In Galatia, Liv. 38, 18, 15; 38, 20, 2.
* In Lycia, Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 31.
* In Ionia, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

PIR

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:
  • Iunius Olympus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR I 0787 | PIR ID7980
  • Olympus (Masc), ref: PIR O 0099 | PIR ID9882
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