olivetum

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ɔ.liːˈweː.tũː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [o.liˈvɛː.tum]^[1]

Forms

olīvētum n (genitive olīvētī); second declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin olīva (“olive”) + -ētum, and the TLL calls it a newer and clearer form than olētum.^[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's earliest source is Cato.^[4] Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant a plantation of olives, an olive grove, as in Cicero's quō plūris sint nostra olīvēta “so that our olive groves may be worth more”.^[2][5][6]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it means olive grove, and Olīvētum is the Mount of Olives.^[7][8] It survives as Italian oliveto.^[1]

Timeline

• 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^[4]
• 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^[5][4]

Meanings

Noun

1. An olive grove.^[2][5]
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) The Mount of Olives.^[7][8]

Related words

• olīva
• oleum
• olētum
• English Olivet

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 c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
7. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
8. ^ 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