ἐλαία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. [[ἐλάα]], ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[olive tree]], Hom., especially in <span class="bibl">Od., 11.590</span>, al.; [[ἱερὴ ἐλαία]] <span class="bibl">13.372</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>3.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.55</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>701</span> (lyr.), etc.; [[ἡμέρη ἐλαίη]] <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.82</span> (opp. [[ἀγρία ἐλαία]] or [[κότινος]]) [[φέρεσθαι ἐκτὸς τῶν ἐλαῶν]] = to [[run]] [[beyond]] the [[olive]]s, which stood at the end of the Athenian racecourse, i.e. to [[go too far]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>995</span>, ubi v. Sch.; of the Indian [[Olea cuspidata]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.4.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> variety of δάφνη ''III'', ib.<span class="bibl">4.7.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.16.3.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[olive]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>550</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>372c</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.262</span>, Dsc. 1.119, etc.—Acc. to Gramm. [[ἐλάα]] was the proper form in this sense, [[ἐλαία]] in the first; but [[ἐλάα]] is simply the Att. form, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12.94.33, 2.476.21, 1055.36 (also <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHal.</span>1.98</span> (iii B.C.), etc.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[naevus]] on the [[skin]], Melamp.<span class="bibl">p.508F.</span> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> = δίφρου Κυρηναϊκοῦ [[μέρος]], Hsch. [In [[ἐλάα]], the penultimate is long, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>360.46</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>550</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span> 578</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>617</span>, etc.; but [[ἐλᾰῶν]] in <span class="bibl">Alex.261.3</span> (where perh. <b class="b3">ἐλῶν—ἐλᾶς</b> is acknowledged by <span class="bibl">Ael.Dion.<span class="title">Fr.</span>162</span>, and found in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>97.7</span> (ii A.D.), [[ἐλᾶν]] in <span class="bibl">130.11</span> (i A.D.)—should be restored), and ᾰ in [[ἐλάη]], <span class="title">AP</span>4.2.12 (Phil.), <span class="bibl">6.102</span> (Id.).]</span>