I.a place planted with olive-trees, an olive-grove (class.): “quo pluris sint nostra oliveta,” Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 16: “vineta, segetes, oliveta,” id. N. D. 3, 36, 86; Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 3; Col. 3, 11, 3; 5, 9, 1 sq.: veteris proverbii meminisse convenit, eum qui aret olivetum, rogare fructum; qui stercoret, exorare; “qui caedat, cogere,” id. 5, 9, 15: “facere,” to plant, Calp. Fragm. 6, 16: “vineta et oliveta,” Vulg. Deut. 6, 11.—Hence, Mons Oliveti, the mountain of Olivet, or of the olive-grove, east of Jerusalem (= mons Olivarum, v. oliva), Vulg. Matt. 21, 1; 26, 30; id. Act. 1, 12.
ŏlīvētum , i, n. id.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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