Ŏlympus and -pos (anciently written Olĭmpus), i, m., = Ὄλυμπος.
I 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.—
B 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.
III —Hence, Ŏlympĭădes , um, f., 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.—
II Of other mountains.
A In Bithynia, Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 148.—
B In Mysia, Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 142.—
C In Galatia, Liv. 38, 18, 15; 38, 20, 2.—
D In Lycia, Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 31. —
E In Ionia, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.—
F In Peloponnesus, Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 352.