ἐλαιόω
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
English (LSJ)
A oil:—only Pass., to be oiled, Arist.HA605b20; σπόγγος ἠλαιωμένος Ph.1.433; ἐλαιοῦται θρίξ S.Fr.624, cf. Pi.Fr.305. 2 bring to an oily consistency, in Alchemy, Zos.Alch.p.163B. II gather olives, Poll.7.146.
Spanish (DGE)
I 1untar o empapar de aceite, aceitar sólo v. pas. ἐλαιοῦται θρίξ para abrillantarlo, S.Fr.624, πάντα ... τὰ ἔντομα ἀποθνήσκει ἐλαιούμενα Arist.HA 605b20, σπόγγῳ ... ἠλαιωμένῳ Ph.1.433.
2 en v. med. untarse de aceite, aceitarse los atletas en los juegos gimnásticos, Pi.Fr.305
•alquim. ponerse denso como el aceite, tomar la densidad del aceite ἐλαιούμεναι αἱ οὐσίαι Zos.Alch.163.2B.
II recoger aceitunas Poll.7.146.
German (Pape)
[Seite 789] 1) mit Oel salben, einölen; Pind. frg. 274; Arist. H. A. 8, 27; ἐλαιωτός, gesalbt, Hesych. – 2) Oliven sammeln, Poll. 7, 146.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐλαιόω: χρίω δι’ ἐλαίου, «λαδώνω», μόνον ἐν τῷ παθ., ἀλείφομαι μὲ ἔλαιον, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 8. 27, 3· λαμπρύνομαι, Πινδ. Ἀποσπ. 274, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 556. ΙΙ. δρέπομαι τὸν καρπὸν τῆς ἐλαίας, Πολυδ. Ζ΄, 146.
English (Slater)
ἐλαιόω med., oil oneself of athletes. Eustath. Il. 975. 48, ἠλαιοῦντο κατὰ Πίνδαρον fr. 305.
