ἀγρι-έλαιος

ἀγρι-έλαιος, ον, = foreg.,

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σκυτάλη AP9.237

([place name] Erycius).

II as Subst., = ἀγριελαία, Theoc. 7.18, Thphr.HP2.2.5, Ep.Rom.11.17, etc.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: plant name, `Heliochrysum siculum, Immortelle' (Alcm., Ibyk.); also ἑλειόχρυσος (Thphr.).

Other forms: also - ον n. (s. on βούτυρον)

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: From the gold-yellow flower (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 25). Like e. g. ἑλειοσέλινον also ἑλειόχρυσος is a compound of ἕλειος χρυσός (to ἕλος?) understandable, after the compp. with ἀγρι(ο)-, e. g. ἀγρι-έλαιος = ἄγριος ἔλαιος (see Risch IF 59, 257). In ἑλι- a further shortening after ἄγρι-, αἰγι-, καλλι- etc. Strömberg 153 thinks it is a loan. The locus in Alcman (16) has no digamma; cf. Solmsen Unt. 146. The variant ἑλειό- is considered by DELG as a fault or a `étymologie populaire déraisonnable', which makes it possible that it is a Pre-Greek word.

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `the olive (tree)' (Od.), rare ἔλαιος (m.) `(wild) olive' (Pi. Fr. 46, S. Tr. 1197);

Other forms: Att. also ἐλά̄α, Ion. ἐλαίη. Cypr. ἔλαιϜον ( Kadmos 3, 1965, 148).

Dialectal forms: Myc. erawa, -wo \/ elaiwa, - won\/.

Compounds: Because of the economic value of the oil and the olivetree there are many compounds, esp. since hellen. times. As 1. member ἐλαιο- refers not only to ἔλαιον, but also to ἐλαία, e. g. ἐλαιό-φυτος `planted with olives' (A.). As 2. member in bahuvrihi, e. g. ἄν-ελαιος `without oil, olives' (Thphr., Str.); in determinatives, e. g. ἀγρι-έλαιος = ἄγριος ἔλαιος (Thpr. usw.), χαμ-ελαία `Daphne oleoides' (Nic.), cf. Risch IF 59, 257, Strömberg Pflanzennamen 110; γλυκ-έλαιον `sweet-oil', ὑδρ-έλαιον "wateroil", i. e. `oil mixed with water' (late).

Derivatives: ἔλαιον n. `olive-oil, oil in general' (Il.); on the pair ἐλαία (- ος): ἔλαιον, for the tree resp. the product, s. Wackernagel Syntax 2, 17, Schwyzer-Debrunner 30. Substantiva: ἐλᾱΐς f., acc. pl. ἐλᾳ̃δας `olive-trees' (Att.; s. Chantr. Form. 344), diminut. ἐλᾳδιον (- ίδιον) `small olive-tree', also (from ἔλαιον) `a little oil' (Com., pap.); ἐλαιών, - ῶνος m. `thicket of olives' (LXX, pap.), `the olive mountain' (NT, J.), diminut. ἐλαιωνίδιον (pap.); ἐλαιεύς `id.' (Chalkis; s. Boßhardt Die Nom. auf - ευς 21f.). Adj. ἐλαίϊνος, ἐλά̄ϊνος `of olive -wood, belonging to the olive' (Il.), `of olive-oil' (Orph. L. 717); - ίνεος `of olive-wood' (ι 320 and 394; metrically easy contamination of - ινος and - εος, Risch Wortbildung 122, Schmid -εος und -ειος 38); ἐλαϊκός `of olive' (Aristeas, pap.); ἐλαιηρός `regarding oil' (Hp., Pl., pap. ; s. Chantraine 232); ἐλαιώδης `oily' (Hp., Arist.); ἐλαιήεις `belonging to the olive' (S.; on the formation Schwyzer 527). Denomin. verbs: ἐλαΐζω `cultivate olives' with ἐλαιστήρ, - τής `collector of olives' (Poll.) and ἐλαιστήριον `olive-press' (Mylasa); ἐλαιόομαι `be oiled' (Arist.) with ἐλαίωσις (Zos. Alch.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Lat. olīva, from Greek, proves a basic *ἐλαίϜᾱ, with *ἔλαιϜον to Lat. oleum. From Latin all European forms (s. W.-Hofmann 2, 205f.). On itself Arm. ewɫ `oil', which comes together with ἐλαία, ἔλαιον from a Mediterranaean source (Crete?, s. W.-Hofmann s. v.). See Bq. - The word is no doubt a Pre-Greek word.

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