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hŏlus (better than ŏlus; archaic he-lus; cf.: helus et helusa antiqui dicebant, quod nunc holus et holera, Paul. ex Fest. p. 100 Müll. A form, holu, anciently helu, can be inferred from helvola, helvella, and olvatum; v. Müll. Paul. ex Fest. p. 203, b), ĕris (gen. plur. holerorum for holerum, Lucil. ap. Non. 490, 25; dat. plur. holeris for holeribus, Cato, R. R.), n. [Sanscr. haris, green; Gr. χλόη; cf.: helvus. helvola, Helvius; O. H. Germ. grucni; Germ. grün; Engl. green, etc.].

  1. I. Kitchen or garden herbs of any kind; vegetables, esp. cabbage, colewort, turnips, greens, Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin.; Col. 2, 10, 22; Verg. G. 4, 130: pomum, holus, ficum, uvam, Afran. ap. Macr. S. 2, 16: donec Discoqueretur holus, Hor. S. 2, 1, 74: prandere, id. Ep. 1, 17, 13: silvestre, Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80: marinum, sea-cale, id. 29, 4, 25, § 80: semper holus metimus, Calp. Ecl. 2, 74: Syria in hortis operosissima, venitque in proverbium Graecis, multa Syrorum holera, Plin. 20, 5, 16, § 33.
    Prov. for a coarse or humble meal, plain diet: melius est vocari ad olera cum caritate quam ad vitulum saginatum cum odio, Vulg. Prov. 16, 17: qui infirmus est olus manducet, ib. Rom. 14, 2.
  2. II. Holus atrum, also joined into one word, holusatrum (in gen. holeris atri and holusatri), n., a plant, called also Smyrnium holusatrum, Linn.; Col. 11, 3, 18; id. 12, 7, 1; Plin. 19, 8, 48, § 162; id. 19, 12, 62, § 187; called also: holus pullum, Col. 10, 123.

1. ŏlus, v. holus.

‡ 2. Olus, i, another form for Aulus, Inscr. Orell. 1943; 2712; cf. olipor.

Ŏlympĭa (anciently Ŏlimpus and Ŏlumpus), ae, f., = Ὀλυμπια,

  1. I. a sacred region in Elis Pisatis, with an olive wood, where the Olympian games were held; there, too, were the famous temple and statue of Juppiter Olympius: cum Olympiam venisset, maximā illā quinquennali celebritate ludorum, Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6: cum uno die duo suos filios victores Olympiae vidisset, id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; 2, 20, 46; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Liv. 26, 24, 14.
    Hence,
    1. A. Ŏlympĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Ὀλυμπιακος, Olympic: cursus, Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4: palma, Verg. G. 3, 49: corona, Suet. Ner. 25: rami, i. e. oleaster, Stat. Th. 6, 554: palaestra, Luc. 4, 614.
    2. B. Ŏlym-pĭānus, a, um, adj., Olympic (post-class.), Marc. Emp. 35.
    3. C. Ŏlympĭcus, a, um (gen. plur. Olympicūm for Olympicarum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23), adj., = Ὀλυμπικός, Olympic (poet. and in post-class. prose): pulvis, Hor. C. 1, 1, 3: certamen, Just. 12, 16, 6; 13, 5, 3.
    4. D. Ŏlympĭus, a, um, adj., = Ὀλυμπιος, Olympic (class.): certamina, the Olympic games, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59: ludi, id. Stich. 2, 1, 34: delubrum Olympii Jovis, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 2; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14. There was also a temple of Juppiter Olympius in Athens, Suet. Aug. 60; and in Syracuse, Liv. 24, 21: equa, that had run in the Olympic races, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181.
      1. 2. Subst.
        1. a. Ŏlympĭus, ĭi, m., an appellation bestowed on distinguished men by the Greeks and Romans; of Pericles, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 74; Val. Max. 5, 10, 1 ext.; on coins, also of the Roman emperors, Hadrian and Commodus, Eckhel. D. N. t. 6, p. 518.
        2. b. Ŏlympĭum, ĭi, n., the temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Liv. 24, 33, 3.
        3. c. Ŏlympia, ōrum, n., Gr. τὰ Ὀλύμπια (sc. ἱερά), the Olympic games held every four years at Olympia: sic ut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, in the Olympic games (Gr. Ὀλύμπια νικᾶν), Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 Vahl.): ad Olympia proficisci, Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: magna coronari Olympia (Gr. Ὀλύμπια τὰ μεγάλα; opp. to the games held elsewhere), Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 50: Olympiorum solenne ludicrum, Liv. 28, 7: Olympiorum victoria, the victory in the Olympic games, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.
    5. E. Ŏlympĭas, ădis, f., = Ὀλυμπιάς, an Olympiad, the period of four years that elapsed between the Olympic games, and which the Greeks usually employed in the computation of time: centum et octo annis, postquam Lycurgus leges scribere instituit, prima posita est Olympias, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18: si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septumae, id. ib. 2, 10, 18; 2, 15, 28: ante primam Olympiadem condita, id. ib. 2, 23, 42: sextā Olympiade, Vell. 1, 8, 1.
      In the poets sometimes for lustrum, i. e. a period of five years: quinquennis Olympias, Ov. P. 4, 6, 5: ter senas vidit Olympiadas, Mart. 7, 40, 6.
  2. F. Ŏlympĭēum, i, n., = Ὀλυμπιεῖον, a temple of the Olympic Jupiter, Vell. 1, 10, 1.