Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔλαιος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔλαιος

Etym.: e)lai/a

Sense

  1. the wild olive

Examples

  • οὐχ ὁ τρηχὺσ ἔλαιοσ ἐπ’ ὀστέα κεῖνα καλύπτει, οὐδ’ ἡ κυάνεον γράμμα λαλοῦσα πέτρη· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 6511)

Synonyms

  1. the wild olive

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

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