ἔλαιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ([[ἐλαία]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[olive oil]], in Hom. mostly [[anointing oil]], used after the [[bath]], λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπ' ἐλαίῳ <span class="bibl">Il.10.577</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">14.171</span>, <span class="bibl">18.350</span>, etc.; before wrestling and other gymnastic exercises, πωλησεῦντι τὸ ἔλαιον εἰς τὸ γυμνάσιον <span class="title">IG</span>12(1).3 (Rhodes); <b class="b3">ἔλαιον θεῖναι</b> to [[provide]] [[oil]] at the [[bath]]s, ib.4.597,606 (Argos): [[proverb|prov.]], πῦρ ἐλαίῳ κοιμίσαι <span class="title">Lyr.Alex.Adesp.</span>8 ([[a]]); ἐλαίῳ πῦρ κατας βεννύναι <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tim.</span>44</span>; <b class="b3">εὐῶδες ἔλαιον</b> <span class="bibl">Od.2.339</span>; [[ῥοδόεν]] ([[rose]]-[[scent]]ed) <span class="bibl">Il.23.186</span>; ἔλαιον ῥόδινον <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Mul.</span>2.135</span>; <b class="b3">ἔλαιον λευκον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">136</span>; τοῦ λευκοτάτου πάντων ἐ. Σαμιακοῦ <span class="bibl">Antiph.331</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> any [[oily]] [[substance]], ἔλαιον χήνειον <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.194</span>; <b class="b3">κίκινον, ἀμυγδάλινον ἔλαιον</b>, etc., Dsc.1.32,33, etc.; ῥαφάνινον ἔλαιον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.93</span> (ii A.D.), etc.; <b class="b3">ἔλαιον ἀπὸ σελαχῶν</b>, like our '[[cod-liver oil]]', <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>520a18</span>; [[ἔλαιον ἀπὸ γάλακτος]] = [[butter]], <span class="bibl">Hecat.154</span> J. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> at Athens, [[oil market]], ἀναμενῶ σε . . πρὸς τοὔλαιον <span class="bibl">Men.896</span>.</span>