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Latin
Etymology
From oleum (“olive oil”) + -ārius.
Pronunciation
Adjective
oleārius (feminine oleāria, neuter oleārium); first/second-declension adjective
- oil-; of or pertaining to olive oil
- Navicularii et mercatores olearii — "ship-owners and sellers of oil"
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Synonyms
- (of or pertaining to olive oil): oleāris
Descendants
References
- “olearius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “olearius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- olearius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.