ἀγριελαία
ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
English (LSJ)
ἡ, wild olive, Hp.Mul.2.112, Dsc.1.105, etc.
Spanish (DGE)
-ας, ἡ
• Alolema(s): -ίη Hp.Mul.2.112, AP 8.13 (Gr.Naz.); ἀγριοελαία Gloss.Bot.Gr.352.6
bot. acebuche, Olea europaea var. sylvestris Brot., Hp.l.c., Dsc.1.105, AP l.c., Gloss.Bot.Gr.l.c.
German (Pape)
[Seite 23] ἡ, Diosc., = dem folgenden.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀγριελαία: ἡ, ἀγρία ἐλαία, Λατ. oleaster, Διοσκ. 1. 125.
Wikipedia EN
Olea oleaster, the wild-olive, has been considered by various botanists a valid species and a subspecies of the cultivated olive tree, Olea europea, which is a tree of multiple origins that was domesticated, it now appears, at various places during the fourth and third millennia BCE, in selections drawn from varying local populations. The wild-olive (Ancient Greek κότινος/kótinos), which ancient Greeks distinguished from the cultivated olive tree (Ancient Greek ἐλαία/ἐλἀα), was used to fashion the olive wreath awarded victors at the ancient Olympic games. The ancient and sacred wild-olive tree of Olympia stood near the Temple of Zeus, patron of the games.
Today, as a result of natural hybridization and the very ancient domestication and extensive cultivation of the olive throughout the Mediterranean Basin, wild-looking feral forms of olive, called "oleasters", constitute a complex of populations, potentially ranging from feral forms to the wild-olive. The wild-olive is a tree of the maquis shrubland, itself in part the result of the long presence of mankind.
The drought-tolerant sclerophyllous tree is believed to have originated in the eastern Mediterranean Basin. It still provides the hardy and disease-resistant rootstock on which cultivated olive varieties are grafted.
