olearis

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ɔ.ɫeˈaː.rɪs]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [o.leˈaː.ris]^[1]

Forms

oleāris (neuter oleāre); third-declension two-termination adjective^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin oleum (“olive oil”) + -āris, and the TLL derives it from ⟨olea⟩ or ⟨oleum⟩.^[2][3][1] ⟨oleum⟩ is from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”), and ⟨olea⟩ from Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía, “olive tree”).^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's earliest source is Columella.^[4] Köbler dates Columella to the 1st century AD.^[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant of or concerned with olive oil, oiled, as in Columella and Pliny's oleārēs cōtēs, whetstones moistened with oil.^[2][5][6]

British Medieval Latin used it for oil-producing, of plants.^[7]

Timeline

• 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^[6][4]
• 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of oil-stones.^[5][4]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Of or concerned with olive oil; oiled.^[2][6]
2. (Medieval Latin) Oil-producing.^[7]

Related words

• oleum
• oleārius

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
7. ^ a b Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press