ἐλαία

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *elaíwā (whence also Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀨𐀷 (e-ra-wa)). Probably a borrowing from a Mediterranean Pre-Greek source, which also gave Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐλαίᾱ • (elaíā) f (genitive ἐλαίᾱς); first declension

  1. olive tree
  2. olive (fruit)
  3. naevus

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐλαίᾱ; τῆς ἐλαίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐλαίᾱ
hē elaíā 		τὼ ἐλαίᾱ
tṑ elaíā 		αἱ ἐλαῖαι
hai elaîai
Genitive τῆς ἐλαίᾱς
tês elaíās 		τοῖν ἐλαίαιν
toîn elaíain 		τῶν ἐλαιῶν
tôn elaiôn
Dative τῇ ἐλαίᾳ
têi elaíāi 		τοῖν ἐλαίαιν
toîn elaíain 		ταῖς ἐλαίαις
taîs elaíais
Accusative τὴν ἐλαίᾱν
tḕn elaíān 		τὼ ἐλαίᾱ
tṑ elaíā 		τᾱ̀ς ἐλαίᾱς
tā̀s elaíās
Vocative ἐλαίᾱ
elaíā 		ἐλαίᾱ
elaíā 		ἐλαῖαι
elaîai
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: ελαία f (elaía)
  • Greek: ελιά f (eliá)
  • Latin: oliva

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐλαία”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 400

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