olivum
Latin > English
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ŏlīvum: or ŏlīvom, i, n. id..
I Lit.
A Oil (poet. and in post-class. prose for oleum): eme die caecā hercle olivum, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67; id. As. 2, 4, 26; id. Ps. 1, 2, 76; Lucr. 2, 392; id. 6, 1073: inolens, id. 2, 850: pingue, Verg. E. 5, 68; Ov. M. 10, 176: perfundere pisces olivo, Hor. S. 2, 4, 50: si ex olivis meis olivum feceris, Gai. Inst. 2, 79.—
B Trop., the palœstra (from the use of oil to anoint wrestlers): cur olivum vitat? Hor. C. 1, 8, 8; cf. oleum.—
II Transf., an ointment, unguent: Syrio fragrans olivo, Cat. 6. 8; Prop. 4, 16, 31.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ŏlīvum,¹² ī, n. (oliva), huile d’olive : Pl. Ps. 301 ; Lucr. 2, 392 ; Virg. B. 5, 68 || huile pour les athlètes : Hor. O. 1, 8, 8 || huile parfumée, essence : Catul. 6, 8 ; Prop. 3, 17, 31.
Latin > German (Georges)
olīvum, ī, n. (oliva), I) das Öl, Plaut., Verg. u.a. – cur olivum sanguine viperino cautius vitat? das Öl der Ringkämpfer = die Palästra, Hor. carm. 1, 8, 8. – II) insbes., Salböl, wohlriechende Salbe, Catull. u. Prop.