ŏlīva — Lewis & Short
ŏlīva, ae, f.e)lai/a.
I An olive, Col. 12, 50, 5; 2, 22, 4; Plin. 15, 3, 3, § 9; Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 90; Afran. ap. Non. 478, 26:
lecta de pinguissimis Oliva ramis arborum,Hor. Epod. 2, 56:
olea duarum vel trium olivarum in summitate rami,Vulg. Isa. 17, 6.—
II Lit., an olive-tree:
Aristaeus, qui olivae inventor dicitur,Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; 2, 8, 22:
erum an bacis opulentet olivae,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 2:
numquam fallens,id. Epod. 16, 45:
clivus Olivarum,the Mount of Olives, Vulg. 2 Reg. 15, 30:
mons Olivarum,id. Zach. 14, 4.—
B Transf. (poet.).
1 An olive-branch:
undique decerptam fronti praeponere olivam,Hor. C. 1, 7, 7.—
2 A staff of olive-wood, an olive-staff, Ov. M. 2, 681.