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O*lym"pi*ad (&osl;*l&ibreve;m"p&ibreve;*ăd),
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 Corœbus in the
foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the
olympiads.

{ O*lym"pi*an (-an), O*lym"pic (-
p&ibreve;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.


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