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olivetum

olivetum · n

a place planted with olive-trees

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Where it lives

De Bello Hispaniensi 2 · 3.3/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 13 · 1.65/10k
De Bello Africo 2 · 1.54/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
De Senectute 1 · 1.21/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k
de Natura Deorum 2 · 0.56/10k
De Republica 1 · 0.46/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 3 · 0.25/10k
Naturalis Historia 9 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

ŏlīvētum — Lewis & Short

ŏlīvētum, i, n.id.,

I a place planted with olive-trees, an olive-grove (class.): quo pluris sint nostra oliveta, Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 16: vineta, segetes, oliveta, id. N. D. 3, 36, 86; Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 3; Col. 3, 11, 3; 5, 9, 1 sq.: veteris proverbii meminisse convenit, eum qui aret olivetum, rogare fructum; qui stercoret, exorare; qui caedat, cogere, id. 5, 9, 15: facere, to plant, Calp. Fragm. 6, 16: vineta et oliveta, Vulg. Deut. 6, 11.—Hence, Mons Oliveti, the mountain of Olivet, or of the olive-grove, east of Jerusalem (= mons Olivarum, v. oliva), Vulg. Matt. 21, 1; 26, 30; id. Act. 1, 12.

In the wild

olivetis Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1.2.4
olivetis Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5.9.17
olivetis Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 8.4.p1
olivetumque Pseudo-Caesar, De Bello Africo 50
oliveta Cicero, de Natura Deorum 3.86
oliveta Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.18.p2

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Where it came from

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