olea

See also: Olea

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin olīva.

Noun

olea f

1. olive

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía, “olive berry, olive tree”), of Pre-Greek origin, compare oleum (“olive oil”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.le.a/, [ˈɔɫ̪eä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.le.a/, [ˈɔːleä]

Noun

olea f (genitive oleae); first declension

1. olive (fruit)
2. olive tree

Declension

Dative plural sometimes oleabus. First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	olea	oleae
Genitive	oleae	oleārum
Dative	oleae	oleīs
Accusative	oleam	oleās
Ablative	oleā	oleīs
Vocative	olea	oleae

Synonyms

• (fruit): olīva
• (tree): olīva

Derived terms

Derived terms

• oleāgineus
• oleaster

• oleitās
• olētum

Related terms

• oleāceus
• oleāmen
• oleāris
• oleārius

• oleastellus
• oleātus
• oleōsus
• oleum

References

• “olea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• olea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Spanish

Verb

olea

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of olear.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of olear.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of olear.