oleagineus

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Latin

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Etymology

From olea (“the olive tree or its fruit”) and oleum (“oil”), with -agineus suffix likely extracted from farrāgineus, tiliāgineus, similāgineus; with alternative forms after fāginus, fabāginus. Not derived from oleāgō (“oil mixed with the sweat of an athlete”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

oleāgineus (feminine oleāginea, neuter oleāgineum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) olive (of or pertaining to the olive tree or its fruit)
  2. (relational) oil (usually in the form oleāginus)
    1. oil-like, oily

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative oleāgineus oleāginea oleāgineum oleāgineī oleāgineae oleāginea
genitive oleāgineī oleāgineae oleāgineī oleāgineōrum oleāgineārum oleāgineōrum
dative oleāgineō oleāgineae oleāgineō oleāgineīs
accusative oleāgineum oleāgineam oleāgineum oleāgineōs oleāgineās oleāginea
ablative oleāgineō oleāgineā oleāgineō oleāgineīs
vocative oleāginee oleāginea oleāgineum oleāgineī oleāgineae oleāginea

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Further reading

  • “oleagineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • oleagineus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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