† Olympionicn.

Etymology: < French olympionique (1617) or its etymon classical Latin Olympionīcēs or that word's etymon Hellenistic Greek Ὀλυμπιονίκης ode in honour of a victor in the Olympic Games, use as noun (probably short for Ὀλυμπιονίκης ὕμνος ) of masculine singular of ancient Greek Ὀλυμπιονίκης relating to an Olympic victory (also as noun denoting an Olympic victor) < Ὀλυμπία (see Olympian adj.² and n.¹) + -νίκης , combining form < the base of νίκη victory (see Nike n.).Compare the following later unassimilated loan of the Latin word:1870 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. (new ed.) 832/1 There were many ancient works on the subject of the Olympic Games and the conquerors therein... Pliny..speaks of Agriopas as a writer of Olympionicae. N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (olimpiǫ·nik) /əʊlɪmpɪˈɒnɪk/.