ἔλαιον: Difference between revisions

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