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+ {{homograph|1|olive yard}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=grc ἐλαία}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔˈɫeː.tũː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [oˈlɛː.tum]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''olētum''' ''n'' (genitive olētī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The word for “olive yard” is from ⟨olīvētum⟩, from [[olea]] “olive tree” with the suffix [[-ētum]] “grove”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) ⟨olea⟩ is from [[grc|ἐλαία|tr=elaía|t=olive tree]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Its source is Cato's ''Dē agrī cultūrā''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a place planted with olive trees, an olive yard, and Lewis & Short call it ante-classical, for the classical [[olīvētum]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # An [[m|en|olive]] yard, olive grove.^(OLD 2012)
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+ {{homograph|2|excrement}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=Persius|origins=la oleō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔˈɫeː.tũː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [oˈlɛː.tum]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''olētum''' ''n'' (genitive olētī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ The word for “excrement” is from [[oleō]] “to smell” with the suffix ⟨-tus⟩, formed like [[acētum]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The origin of its long vowel is unclear, and Dag Haug suggests a taboo influence from [[excrētus]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's earliest source is Persius, and Festus, in Paul's epitome, glosses it as human dung.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Persius 34–62 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant filth, excrement, and Lewis & Short call it very rare.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a stench, dirt, filth, also figuratively.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 34–62 AD – Persius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # [[m|en|excrement|alt=Excrement]], filth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|stench]].^(DMLBS)
+
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[oletō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[olea]]
+ * [[olīvētum]]
+ * [[oleō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}