I. Lit.
A. Oil (poet. and in post-class. prose for oleum): “eme die caecā hercle olivum, id vendito oculatā die,” Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67; id. As. 2, 4, 26; id. Ps. 1, 2, 76; Lucr. 2, 392; id. 6, 1073: “inolens,” id. 2, 850: “pingue,” Verg. E. 5, 68; Ov. M. 10, 176: “perfundere pisces olivo,” Hor. S. 2, 4, 50: “si ex olivis meis olivum feceris,” Gai. Inst. 2, 79.—
B. Trop., the palœstra (from the use of oil to anoint wrestlers): “cur olivum vitat?” Hor. C. 1, 8, 8; cf. oleum.—