olivetum Latin · revision 10129

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=la olīva}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔ.liːˈweː.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [o.liˈvɛː.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''olīvētum''' ''n'' (genitive olīvētī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|olīva|-ētum|t1=olive]], and the TLL calls it a newer and clearer form than [[olētum]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cato.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==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”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means olive grove, and ''Olīvētum'' is the Mount of Olives.^(Stelten 1995)^(DMLBS) It survives as Italian ''oliveto''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|olive]] grove.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' The Mount of Olives.^(Stelten 1995)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[olīva]]

+ * [[oleum]]

+ * [[olētum]]

+ * [[en|Olivet]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}