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olea

an olive

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Where it lives

De agri cultura 35 · 22.37/10k
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
Georgicon 6 · 4.24/10k
De Corona 2 · 4.11/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 24 · 3.05/10k
Naturalis Historia 94 · 2.37/10k
De Baptismo 1 · 2.34/10k
Pro A. Caecina 2 · 1.93/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
Stichus 1 · 1.61/10k
De Medicina 14 · 1.37/10k
Hercules 1 · 1.31/10k

Densest 12 of 40 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ŏlĕa — Lewis & Short

ŏlĕa, ae (

I dat. plur. oleabus, Gell. ap. Charis. 1, 40), = e)lai/a.

I Lit., an olive, olive-berry: olea ab elaea, Varr. L. L. 5, § 108 Müll.: oleas caducas, et albas condire, Cato, R. R. 58: oleam cogere, legere, stringere, verberare, id. ib. 144; cf. Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 12; Verg. G. 2, 302 al.—

II Transf., an olive-tree, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 9: agricola cum florem oleae videt, bacam quoque se visurum putat. Cic. Div. 2, 6, 16; so id. Rep. 3, 9, 15; Quint. 8, 6, 48; 8, 3, 8; 10: ure maris oleas, Ov. F. 4, 741; Vulg. Isa. 17, 6; 24, 13.

2. olea — Walde–Hofmann

olea, -ze f. „zum Pflügen taugliches Land* (Greg. Tur. conf. 78, rom.): gall. Wort, aus *polka, zu ags. fealg f., ahd. falga „Brachland* (germ. *falgö, Marstrander N'TS. 7, 349, Kluge!! e. 2. Felge, Walde-P. E516); s. Meyer-Lübke REW. n. 6050, Gamillscheg s. v. ouche (auch gegen Vbdg. mit gr. djÀaE, öAxdg , Furche*, s. über diese Walde-P. I 306 und unter sulcus). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. olea, p. 1111]

3. olea — Walde–Hofmann

olea (seit Cato) und oliva (seit Plaut., rom.), -ae f. „Ulbaum“ (e und rom. ol;pus [nach pirus usw.) ,Ulbaum* Orib., Niedermann . Jbb, 29, 325, Merland Orib. 80), oleum und oltvum, -in. ,Ul* (beide seit Plt., rom., ebenso olearium n. "Olea" [oleärius, -a, um seit Cato, m. „Olhändler“ seit Plt., f.*éAowbv' Cl], oleäster m. „wilder Ulbaum* seit Cic. [-um n. seit Calp.j, olivätum n. „Olivenhain, Olgaren, seit Cato … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. olea, p. 1111]

In the wild

oleae Cato, De agri cultura 23
oleae Cato, De agri cultura 146
olea Cato, De agri cultura 65
olea Cato, De agri cultura 64
oleae Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 30 p36
oleaeque Vergil, Georgicon 1.18

6 of 222 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. olea (scan p. 484; entry #7825).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. olea (scan pp. 1111-1113; entry #1889). Root candidates: *ol-.

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