oleaginus

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Latin

Etymology

A later form, probably influenced by fāginus, fabāginus and can be understood as a back-formation from the base-form.

Pronunciation

Adjective

oleāginus (feminine oleāgina, neuter oleāginum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Alternative form of oleāgineus (“of or related to the olive tree, its fruits or their oil”).

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative oleāginus oleāgina oleāginum oleāginī oleāginae oleāgina
Genitive oleāginī oleāginae oleāginī oleāginōrum oleāginārum oleāginōrum
Dative oleāginō oleāginō oleāginīs
Accusative oleāginum oleāginam oleāginum oleāginōs oleāginās oleāgina
Ablative oleāginō oleāginā oleāginō oleāginīs
Vocative oleāgine oleāgina oleāginum oleāginī oleāginae oleāgina

References

  • “oleaginus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “oleaginus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • oleaginus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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