Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐλαιόφυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλαιόφυτος ἐλαιόφυτον

Structure: ἐλαιοφυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. olive-planted

Examples

  • προϊόντι δ’ ἐπὶ τὰσ ἄρκτουσ καὶ τὸ Κέμμενον ὄροσ ἡ μὲν ἐλαιόφυτοσ καὶ συκοφόροσ ἐκλείπει, τἆλλα δὲ φύεται. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 1 4:7)
  • ἅπασα δ’ αὐτῶν ἡ γῆ διαφερόντωσ ἐλαιόφυτόσ ἐστι καὶ ἀμπελόφυτοσ, βάλανόν τε ἐκφέρει πολλήν· (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 3 2:7)
  • ἅπασα δὲ καὶ ἐλαιόφυτόσ ἐστιν ἡ μικρὸν ὑπὲρ τῆσ θαλάττησ γεωργουμένη. (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 3 24:6)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἐλαιόφυτόσ ἐστι καὶ εὐοίνοσ καὶ τὰσ ἄλλασ ἔχει πάσασ ἀρετάσ, ἐκ μὲν τῶν ἑῴων μερῶν προβεβλημένη τὸν Παρυάδρην παράλληλον αὐτῇ κατὰ μῆκοσ, ἐκ δὲ τῶν πρὸσ δύσιν τὸν Λίθρον καὶ τὸν Ὄφλιμον. (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 3 49:3)
  • ἐλαιόφυτόσ τε γὰρ μόνοσ ἐστὶ μεγάλοισ καὶ τελείοισ δένδρεσι καὶ καλλικάρποισ, εἰ δὲ συγκομίζοι καλῶσ τισ, καὶ εὐέλαιοσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 1 69:5)

Synonyms

  1. olive-planted

Related

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

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