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ŏlĕa , ae (
I.dat. plur. oleabus, Gell. ap. Charis. 1, 40), = ἐλαία.
I. Lit., an olive, olive-berry: “olea ab elaea,Varr. L. L. 5, § 108 Müll.: “oleas caducas, et albas condire,Cato, R. R. 58: “oleam cogere, legere, stringere, verberare,id. ib. 144; cf. Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 12; Verg. G. 2, 302 al.
II. Transf., an olive-tree, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 9: agricola cum florem oleae videt, bacam quoque se visurum putat. Cic. Div. 2, 6, 16; so id. Rep. 3, 9, 15; Quint. 8, 6, 48; 8, 3, 8; 10: “ure maris oleas,Ov. F. 4, 741; Vulg. Isa. 17, 6; 24, 13.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Plautus, Stichus, 5.4
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.302
    • Old Testament, Isaiah, 17.6
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 15.12
    • Cicero, De Republica, 3.9
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.6
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.8
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 6.48
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.10
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
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