olea

From Latin olīva.

olea f

1. olive

From Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía, “olive berry, olive tree”), of Pre-Greek origin, compare oleum (“olive oil”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.ɫe.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.le.a]

olea f (genitive oleae); first declension

1. olive (fruit)
2. olive tree
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.321:

     ‘flōrēbant oleae; ventī nocuēre protervī’

     “The olive trees were blooming; wanton winds damaged them.”
     (The poetic voice is that of Flora (mythology).)

Dative plural sometimes oleābus.

First-declension noun.

• (fruit): olīva
• (tree): olīva

• “olea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• olea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

olea

1. inflection of olear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative