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|lshtext=<b>ŏlīva</b>: ae, f. [[ἐλαία]]>.<br /><b>I</b> An [[olive]], Col. 12, 50, 5; 2, 22, 4; Plin. 15, 3, 3, § 9; Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 90; Afran. ap. Non. 478, 26: lecta de pinguissimis Oliva ramis arborum, Hor. Epod. 2, 56: [[olea]] duarum vel trium olivarum in summitate rami, Vulg. Isa. 17, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> Lit., an [[olive]]-[[tree]]: [[Aristaeus]], qui olivae [[inventor]] dicitur, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; 2, 8, 22: erum an bacis opulentet olivae, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 2: [[numquam]] fallens, id. Epod. 16, 45: [[clivus]] Olivarum, the Mount of Olives, Vulg. 2 Reg. 15, 30: [[mons]] Olivarum, id. Zach. 14, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf. ([[poet]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An [[olive]]-[[branch]]: [[undique]] decerptam fronti praeponere olivam, Hor. C. 1, 7, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[staff]] of [[olive]]-[[wood]], an [[olive]]-[[staff]], Ov. M. 2, 681.
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