ἐλαία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. [[ἐλάα]], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[olive tree]], Hom., especially in Od., 11.590, al.; [[ἱερὴ ἐλαία]] 13.372, cf. Pi.''O.''3.13, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.55, S.''OC''701 (lyr.), etc.; [[ἡμέρη ἐλαίη]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.82 (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]], Ar.''Ra.''995, ubi v. Sch.; of the Indian [[Olea cuspidata]], Thphr.''HP''4.4.11.<br><span class="bld">2</span> variety of [[δάφνη]] ''III'', ib.4.7.2, Str.16.3.6.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[olive]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''550, Pl.''R.''372c, D.18.262, 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. ''IG''12.94.33, 2.476.21, 1055.36 (also ''PHal.''1.98 (iii B.C.), etc.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[naevus]] on the [[skin]], Melamp.p.508F.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> = δίφρου Κυρηναϊκοῦ [[μέρος]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] [In [[ἐλάα]], the penultimate is long, E.''Fr.''360.46, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''550, ''Pax'' 578, ''Av.''617, etc.; but ἐλᾰῶν in Alex.261.3 (where perhaps <b class="b3">ἐλῶν—ἐλᾶς</b> is acknowledged by Ael.Dion.''Fr.''162, and found in ''PRyl.''97.7 (ii A.D.), [[ἐλᾶν]] in 130.11 (i A.D.)—should be restored), and ᾰ in [[ἐλάη]], ''AP''4.2.12 (Phil.), 6.102 (Id.).]