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Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin olīva.
Noun
olea f
- olive
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía, “olive berry, olive tree”), of Pre-Greek origin, compare oleum (“olive oil”).
Pronunciation
Noun
olea f (genitive oleae); first declension
- olive (fruit)
- olive tree
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 5.321:
- ‘flōrēbant oleae; ventī nocuēre protervī’
- “The olive trees were blooming; wanton winds damaged them.”
(The poetic voice is that of Flora (mythology).)
Declension
Dative plural sometimes oleābus.
First-declension noun.
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “olea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- olea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Verb
olea
- inflection of olear:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative