olearius Latin · revision 9719

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=grc ἔλαιον}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔ.ɫeˈaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [o.leˈaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oleārius''' (feminine oleāria, neuter oleārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''oliārius''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|oleum|-ārius|t1=olive oil]], or from [[olea]] “olive tree”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) ⟨oleum⟩ is from [[grc|ἔλαιον|tr=élaion|t=olive oil]], and ⟨olea⟩ from [[grc|ἐλαία|tr=elaía|t=olive tree]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest sources are Plautus and Cato, who has ''cella oleāria'' “oil store”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC and Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it meant of or connected with olive oil, as in Cato's ''cella oleāria'' and Cicero, and of olives; its neuter was an oil jar.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) As a masculine noun it was a maker or seller of olive oil.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant of olive oil.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it was an oil dealer.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for containing olive oil, and as a noun for an oil jar.^(DMLBS) It survives as French ''oléaire'' and Italian and Spanish ''oleario''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato has ''cella oleāria''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or connected with olive [[m|en|oil]]; of olives.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(neuter)'' An oil jar.^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(masculine)'' A maker or seller of olive oil.^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[oleum]]

+ * [[olea]]

+ * [[oleāris]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}