oleaster

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Several oleaster fruits of the species Elaeagnus angustifolia growing along a branch.

Etymology

From Middle English oliaster, olyaster, from Latin oleaster.

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Noun

oleaster (plural oleasters)

  1. A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,
    1. especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus,
      1. especially, the type species Elaeagnus angustifolia.
  2. Cultivated olive trees that have re-naturalized, sometimes treated as a species Olea oleaster, the wild olive.

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Latin

Etymology

From ole(a) (“olive tree”) +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation

Noun

oleaster m (genitive oleastrī); second declension

  1. wild olive tree

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

singular plural
nominative oleaster oleastrī
genitive oleastrī oleastrōrum
dative oleastrō oleastrīs
accusative oleastrum oleastrōs
ablative oleastrō oleastrīs
vocative oleaster oleastrī

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References

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