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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Columella|origins=grc ἔλαιον}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔ.ɫeˈaː.rɪs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [o.leˈaː.ris]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''oleāris''' (neuter oleāre); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|oleum|-āris|t1=olive oil]], and the TLL derives it from ⟨olea⟩ or ⟨oleum⟩.^(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 source is Columella.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Columella to the 1st century AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant of or concerned with olive oil, oiled, as in Columella and Pliny's ''oleārēs cōtēs'', whetstones moistened with oil.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ British Medieval Latin used it for oil-producing, of plants.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of oil-stones.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Of or concerned with olive [[m|en|oil]]; oiled.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Oil-producing.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[oleum]]
+ * [[oleārius]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}