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ŏlīva , ae, f. ἐλαία.
II. Lit., an olive-tree: “Aristaeus, qui olivae inventor dicitur,Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; 2, 8, 22: “erum an bacis opulentet olivae,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 2: “numquam fallens,id. Epod. 16, 45: “clivus Olivarum,the Mount of Olives, Vulg. 2 Reg. 15, 30: “mons Olivarum,id. Zach. 14, 4.—
B. Transf. (poet.).
1. An olive-branch: “undique decerptam fronti praeponere olivam,Hor. C. 1, 7, 7.—
2. A staff of olive-wood, an olive-staff, Ov. M. 2, 681.
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    • Old Testament, Isaiah, 17.6
    • Plautus, Curculio, 1.1
    • Old Testament, 2 Samuel, 15.30
    • Old Testament, Zechariah, 14.4
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.681
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 15.9
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.18
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