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ἐλάϊνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλάϊνος ἐλάϊνη ἐλάϊνον

Structure: ἐλαϊν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)lai/a

Sense

  1. of olive-wood

Examples

  • ἔντειλαι τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ λαβέτωσάν σοι ἔλαιον ἐλάϊνον καθαρὸν κεκομμένον εἰσ φῶσ, καῦσαι λύχνον διὰ παντόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 24:2)
  • τὸν Ὀλυμπίασι στέφανον ἴστε δήπουθεν ἐλάϊνον ὄντα, καὶ τοῦτον πολλοὶ προτετιμήκασι τοῦ ζῆν, οὐχὶ τῆσ ἐκεῖ φυομένησ ἐλαίασ ἐχούσησ τι θαυμαστόν, ἀλλ’ ὅτι μὴ ῥᾳδίωσ μηδ’ ἐπὶ μικρῷ δίδοται. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 144:4)
  • αὐτὰρ ἐν αὐτῷ στειλειὸν περικαλλὲσ ἐλάινον, εὖ ἐναρηρόσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 5 24:4)
  • οἱ μὲν μοχλὸν ἑλόντεσ ἐλάινον, ὀξὺν ἐπ’ ἄκρῳ, ὀφθαλμῷ ἐνέρεισαν· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 38:8)

Synonyms

  1. of olive-wood

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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