oleagineus Latin · revision 9742

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=grc ἐλαία}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔ.ɫe.aːˈɡɪ.ne.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [o.le.aˈd͡ʒiː.ne.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oleāgineus''' (feminine oleāginea, neuter oleāgineum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''oliāgineus'', and Lewis & Short also give ''oleāginius'' and ''oleāginus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[olea]] “olive tree” or [[oleum]] “olive oil”, with the suffix ⟨-āgineus⟩, probably taken from words like ⟨farrāgineus⟩.^(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==

+ Its earliest source is Cato's ''Dē agrī cultūrā''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of or belonging to an olive tree, as in Cato and Vitruvius, for the classical ''oleārius'', and Gaffiot adds resembling an olive and olive-coloured, in Pliny.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of likeness to an olive.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of an [[m|en|olive]] tree.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Like an olive; olive-coloured.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[oleāginōsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[olea]]

+ * [[oleum]]

+ * [[oleārius]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}