Olynthus

[ oh-lin-thuh s ]

/ oʊˈlɪn θəs /

noun

an ancient city in NE Greece, on the Chalcidice Peninsula.

Related formsO·lyn·thi·ac

[oh-lin-thee-ak] /oʊˈlɪn θiˌæk/, O·lyn·thi·an, adjective, noun

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Examples from the Web for olynthus

Such are the First Philippic and the three orations for Olynthus.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2|Various
Few here need to be told that for size and importance Olynthus now stands at the head of the Thracian cities.
Hellenica|Xenophon
And that Lasthenes and Euthycrates lost Olynthus, measuring happiness by their belly and lusts?
Plutarch's Morals|Plutarch
With this promise of success Agesipolis marched forward against Olynthus.
Hellenica|Xenophon

From the Olynthus the most various forms of Calcareous Sponges can develop.
The History of Creation, Vol. II (of 2)|Ernst Haeckel

British Dictionary definitions for olynthus

Olynthus

/ (əʊˈlɪnθəs) /

noun

an ancient city in N Greece: the centre of Chalcidice

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