oleum

Latin > English

oleum olei N N :: oil

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ŏlĕum: i, n., = ἔλαιον,
I oil, olive-oil.
I Lit., Cato, R. R. 64 sq.; Varr. R. R. 1, 55; Col. 12, 50; Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 21; Lex. Thor. lin. 95 Rudorff. p. 191: instillare oleum lumini, Cic. Sen. 11, 36: juventus Nudatos umeros oleo perfusa nitescit, Verg. A. 5, 135; Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 21: ungere caules oleo meliore, Hor. S. 2, 3, 125; Inscr. Orell. 748: BALNEVM CVM OLEO GRATVITO DEDIT, ib. 3738. —As a fig. of softness, gentleness: oleo tranquillior, quieter, gentler, stiller than oil, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 66.—Prov.: oleum et operam perdere (alluding to nocturnal labors), to lose one's time and trouble, to spend them in vain, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 119; Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3: ne et opera et oleum philologiae nostrae perierit, id. Att. 2, 17, 1; cf.: ante lucem cum scriberem contra Epicureos, de eodem oleo et operā exaravi nescio quid ad te, id. ib. 13, 38, 1: petit hic (labor) plus temporis atque olei plus, Juv. 7, 99: oleum addere camino, to add oil to the fire, i. e. to aggravate an evil, Hor. S. 2, 3, 321 (cf. the Gr. πίττῃ καὶ ἐλαίῳ πῦρ κατασβεννύναι).—
II Trop.
   A The palœstra (from the use of oil to anoint the bodies of wrestlers): ego eram decus olei, Cat. 63, 65.—
   B Transf., literary contests or rhetorical exercises: genus verborum nitidum, sed palaestrae magis et olei, quam hujus civilis turbae ac fori, more proper for exercises in the school or for disputations, than for use in public, Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 81.—
   C (In eccl. Lat.) The spirit, inspiration: unxit te Deus oleo exultationis, Vulg. Heb. 1, 9; id. Isa. 61, 3.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ŏlĕum,⁹ ī, n. (ἔλαιον), huile d’olive, huile [en gén.] : Cato Agr. 65 ; Varro R. 1, 55 ; Virg. En. 5, 135 || [prov.] oleo tranquillior Pl. Pœn. 1236, plus doux qu’un agneau ; oleum et operam perdere Pl. Pœn. 332 ; Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3, perdre son temps et sa peine, cf. Cic. Att. 2, 17, 1 ; oleum addere camino Hor. S. 2, 3, 321, verser de l’huile sur le feu || [fig., en parl. de l’huile dont se frottaient les athlètes] decus olei Catul. 63, 65, la gloire de la palestre ; verba palæstræ magis et olei Cic. de Or. 1, 81, expressions qui sentent plutôt l’école et la parade.

Latin > German (Georges)

oleum, eī, n. (ελαιον), der ausgepreßte Olivensaft, das Öl, Baumöl, amygdalinum, Plin.: laurinum, Plin. u. Pallad.: lentiscinum, Plin. u.a.: narcissinum, Plin.: conditum, altes, ranziges, viride, frisches, Suet. u. (Ggstz. malum) Colum.: cibarium, Edict. Diocl. u. Pelagon.: legitimum, die gehörige Menge Öl, Petron: vivum, Naphtha, Gratt. cyn. 434: oleum, hoc est amygdalis amaris expressum, Plin.: instillare oleum lumini, Cic.: aula oleo indiget, Gell.: procurator ad oleum (Ölverteiler ans Volk), Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 20. – Sprichw., oleum et operam perdere, v. vergeblich angewandter Mühe, Plaut. Poen. 332: u. so et operam et oleum perdere, Cic. ep. 7, 1, 3: u. oleum perdere et impensas, Hieron. epist. 57, 12. – oleum flammae od. igni adicere, Öl ins Feuer gießen, Hieron. epist. 22, 8 u. 125, 11: so ellipt., oleum in incendium, Porphyr. Hor. sat. 2, 3, 321. – bildl., nitidum quoddam genus est verborum et laetum, et palaestrae magis et olei quam huius civilis turbae ac fori, es fehlt ihren Worten nicht an Glanz u. Anmut, aber sie verraten zu sehr Schule u. Feile, als daß sie dem großen Haufen der Bürger auf dem Forum gefallen könnten, Cic. de or. 1, 81 M.

Latin > Chinese

oleum, i. n. :: 厄里瓦油。油。— addere camino 火上添油。— et operam perdere 妄費工夫。

Translations

oil

Afrikaans: olie; Akkadian: 𒉌𒄑; Albanian: vaj; Amharic: ዘይት; Apache Western Apache: ikʼah, tłád; Arabic: زَيْت; Egyptian Arabic: زيت; Hijazi Arabic: زيت; Moroccan Arabic: زيت; Armenian: յուղ, ձեթ; Assamese: তেল; Asturian: aceite; Azerbaijani: yağ; Bashkir: май; Basque: olio, koipe; Belarusian: алей, масла; Bengali: তেল; Bhojpuri: तेल; Bulgarian: олио, масло, масло; Burmese: ဆီ; Catalan: oli; Chechen: даьтта; Cherokee: ᎪᎢ; Cheyenne: amėške; Chinese Cantonese: 油; Dungan: ю; Hokkien: 油; Mandarin: 油; Wu: 油; Cornish: oyl; Crimean Tatar: may, yağ; Czech: olej; Danish: olie, madolie; Dutch: olie; Esperanto: oleo; Estonian: õli; Faroese: olja; Finnish: öljy, ruokaöljy; Franco-Provençal: ôlyo; French: huile; Friulian: vueli; Galician: aceite; Ge'ez: ዘይት; Georgian: ზეთი; German: Öl; Greek: λάδι, έλαιο; Ancient Greek: ἔλαιον; Greenlandic: uulia; Gujarati: તેલ; Haitian Creole: lwil oliv; Hausa: mai; Hebrew: שֶׁמֶן; Hindi: तेल; Hungarian: olaj; Icelandic: olía; Ido: oleo; Indonesian: minyak; Ingrian: voi; Irish: ola; Italian: olio; Japanese: 油, 油; Javanese: lenga; Kannada: ಎಣ್ಣೆ; Kashubian: òléj; Kazakh: май; Khmer: ខ្លាញ់; Kikuyu: maguta; Kongo: mafuta; Korean: 기름, 유(油); Kurdish Central Kurdish: ڕۆن; Northern Kurdish: don; Kyrgyz: май; Ladino: azeyte, azete; Lao: ນ້ຳມັນ, ມັນ; Latin: oleum; Latvian: eļļa; Lingala: mafúta; Lithuanian: aliejus; Lombard: oli; Low German: Ööl; Lun Bawang: umau; Luxembourgish: Ueleg; Macedonian: масло, зејтин; Malagasy: menaka; Malay: minyak; Malayalam: എണ്ണ; Maltese: żejt; Maori: hinu, noni; Marathi: तेल; Miyako: 油; Mòcheno: eil; Mongolian Cyrillic: тос, масло; Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠰᠤ, ᠮᠠᠰᠯᠣ; Mwani: mafuta; Nepali: तेल; Niuean: lolo; Norman: hielle, huile; Northern Norwegian Bokmål: matolje, olje; Occitan: òli; Odia: ତେଲ; Okinawan: 油; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: масло; Old East Slavic: масло; Old English: ele; Old Javanese: lĕnga; Old Turkic: 𐰖𐰍; Oromo: zayita; Ottoman Turkish: یاغ, روغن; Pannonian Rusyn: олєй; Pashto: غوړ, تېل; Persian Dari: تیل; Iranian Persian: رُوْغَن; Plautdietsch: Eelj; Polish: olej; Portuguese: óleo; Punjabi: ਤੇਲ; Romagnol: öli; Romanian: ulei; Romansch: ieli; Russian: масло; Rwanda-Rundi: amavuta; Sanskrit: तैल; Scottish Gaelic: ola; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: у̑ље, зѐјтӣн; Roman: ȗlje, zèjtīn; Shan: ၼမ်ႉမၼ်း; Sicilian: ogghiu; Sidamo: saitella; Sinhalese: තෙල්; Slovak: olej; Slovene: olje; Somali: saliid; Spanish: aceite, óleo; Swahili: mafuta; Swedish: matolja, olja; Tagalog: langis, mantika; Tajik: равған; Tamil: எண்ணெய்; Tarantino: uègghie; Tat: ruğan; Tatar: май; Telugu: నూనె; Tetum: mina; Thai: น้ำมัน, มัน; Tibetan: སྣུམ, འབྲུ་མར; Tigrinya: ዘይቲ; Tocharian B: ṣmare; Tongan: lolo; Turkish: yağ; Turkmen: ýag; Tyap: a̱myia̱; Ukrainian: олі́я, масло; Urdu: تیل; Uyghur: ياغ; Uzbek: yogʻ; Venetan: ojo; Vietnamese: dầu); Vilamovian: ȳł; Welsh: olew; West Coast Bajau: enselan; West Frisian: oalje; White Hmong: tsoj; Yagnobi: руған; Yakut: арыы; Yámana: kun; Yiddish: אייל; Yoruba: òróró; Zazaki: ron, ruwen, çewr; Zhuang: youz; Zulu: amafutha