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ἐλαία

elaia

the olive (tree)

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What it meant

1. ἐλαία · elaia — Beekes

ἐλαία [f.] ‘the olive (tree)’ (Od.), rare ἔλαιος [m.] (wild) olive’ (Pi. Fr. 46, 5, ΤΥ. 1197). «ΡΟ» *VAR Att. also ἐλᾶα, Ion. ἐλαίη; Cypr. ἔλαιρον (Kadmos 3, 1965, 148). ΦΌΙΑΙ Myc. e-ra-wa, -wo /elaiwa/, /-won/. «COMP Many compounds, especially since Hellenistic times. As a first member ἐλαιο- does not only refer to ἔλαιον, but also to ἐλαία, eg. éAatd-putos ‘planted with olives’ (A.). As a second member in … — [Beekes, s.v. ἐλαία, p. 447]

2. ἐλαία · elaia — Chantraine

ἐλαία : f. (attique aussi ἐλάδ, ef. Lejeune, Phonétique, $ 238 b), mycénien erawa, ion. ἐλαίη (Od., etc.) «olivier » et «olive», cf. Chadwick-Baumbach 190; ἔλαιον «huile d'olive» (II, ion.-att., etc.), mycénien erawo, chypr. Eat Fov (Kadmos 4, 1965, 148) : sur l'opposition entre le féminin et le neutre, cf. Wackernagel, Vorlesungen 2,17; α' ἐλαίδ a été tiré de façon remarquable ἔλαιος m. «olivier sauvage » — κότινος … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἐλαία, p. 345]

3. ἐλαίᾷ · elaiai — Frisk

ἐλαίᾷ, att. auch EAda, ion. E/atr; "der Ölbaum, die Olive’ (seit Od.), vereinzelt ἔλαιος (m.) (wilder) Ölbaum’ (Pi. Fr. 46, 8. Tr. 1197 u.a.); — ἔλαιον n. “Olivenöl, Öl im allg.” (seit 11.); über das Wortpaar ἐλαία (-oc) : ἔλαιον, um den Baum bzw. das Produkt desselben zu bezeichnen, 5. Wackernagel Syntax 2,17, Schwyzer-Debrunner 30. — Die große wirtschaftliche Bedeutung des Öls und des Ölbaums hat zahlreiche … — [Frisk, s.v. ἐλαίᾷ, p. 512]

4. ἐλαία · elaia — Frisk

ἐλαία, ἔλαιον. Myk. e-ra-wa, e-ra-wo; kypr. ἔλαιξον (Kadmos 4 [1965] 148). — Protoidg. Hypothese seltsamster Art (zu Aivov usw.) bei Haas Ling. Posn. 7 (1958) 54-58. — [Frisk, s.v. ἐλαία, p. 2210]

5. ἐλαία · elaia — LSJ

olive-tree, the olives, Olea cuspidata

olive-tree, Hom., esp. in Od., 11.590, al.; ἱερὴ ἐ. 13.372, cf. Pi. O. 3.13, Hdt. 8.55, S. OC 701 (lyr.), etc.; ἡμέρη ἐλαίη Hdt. 5.82 (opp. ἀγρία ἐ. or κότινος) φέρεσθαι ἐκτὸς τῶν ἐλαῶν to run beyond the olives, which stood at the end of the Athenian racecourse, i.e. to go too far, Ar. Ra. 995, ubi v. Sch.; of the Indian Olea cuspidata, Thphr. HP 4.4.11.

2

variety of δάφνη III, ib. 4.7.2, Str. 16.3.6.

II olive

olive, Ar. Ach. 550, Pl. R. 372c, D. 18.262, Dsc. 1.119, etc.—Acc. to Gramm. ἐλάα was the proper form in this sense, ἐλαία in the first; but ἐλάα is simply the Att. form, cf. IG 1(2).94.33, 2.476.21, 1055.36 (also PHal. 1.98 (iii B.C.), etc.).

III naevus on the skin

naevus on the skin, Melamp. p.508F.

IV

= δίφρου Κυρηναϊκοῦ μέρος, Hsch. [In ἐλάα, the penult. is long, E. Fr. 360.46, Ar. Ach. 550, Pax 578, Av. 617, etc.; but ἐλᾰῶν in Alex. 261.3 (where perh. ἐλῶν—ἐλᾶς is acknowledged by Ael.Dion. Fr. 162, and found in PRyl. 97.7 (ii A.D.), ἐλᾶν in 130.11 (i A.D.)—should be restored), and ᾰ in ἐλάη, AP 4.2.12 (Phil.), 6.102 (Id.).]

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἐλαία (scan pp. 447-448; entry #1978).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἐλαία (scan p. 345; entry #2378).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἐλαία (scan p. 2210; entry #6978).

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