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ŏlĕāgĭnĕus , ŏlĕāgĭnĭus , and ŏlĕ-āgĭnus , a, um, adj. olea.
I. Of or belonging to the olive-tree (for the class. olearius): “oleagineum seminarium,Cato, R. R. 48: “radix,Verg. G. 2, 31: “virgulae,Nep. Thras. 4, 1: oleagineis coronis ministri triumphantium utebantur, quod Minerva dea belli esse putabatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 192 Müll.—
II. Resembling an olive-tree or an olive: “vitis oleaginia,Col. 3, 2, 27 dub.: “uva,Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 38.—
B. Olive-colored: “berylli oleagini,Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 77.
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    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.31
    • Cornelius Nepos, Thrasybulus, 4.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 37.77
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 14.38
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 3.2.27
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