Definition of Olimpiad
Olympiad, a name given to the period of four years between one
celebration of the Olympic Games and another, the first recorded dating
from July 776 B.C.
- Wikipedia
O*lym"pi*ad (?), n. The quadrennial
celebration of the modern Olympic games; as, the first Olympiad
(1906).
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*ad (?), n. The quadrennial
celebration of the modern Olympic games; as, the first Olympiad
(1906).
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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 Corbus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.
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- olympiad
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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