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# olympian

«olympian» in Mova's school dictionary: **belonging to the gods who lived on Mount Olympus in Greek…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (also noun: an Olympian)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Olympian means belonging to the gods who lived on Mount Olympus in Greek stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympian/#m1)

2) Olympian also means very grand, lofty, or calm and superior, as if above everyday life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympian/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in myths and old tales the Olympian gods are the great gods of Greece, such as Zeus, who rule the sky

### examples

- The Olympian gods lived on the mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympian/#x1)
- The statue of Zeus was Olympian in size. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympian/#x2)
- She gave an Olympian smile and ignored the fuss. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympian/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «olympian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.