"ἐλαία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἐλαία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /e.lǎi̯.aː/, /eˈlɛ.a/, /eˈle.a/, /e.lǎi̯.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /eˈlɛ.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /eˈlɛ.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /eˈle.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /eˈle.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *elaíwā (whence also Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀨𐀷 (e-ra-wa)). Probably a borrowing from a Mediterranean Pre-Greek source, which also gave Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*elaíwā}} Proto-Hellenic *elaíwā, {{cog|gmy|𐀁𐀨𐀷}} Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀨𐀷 (e-ra-wa), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek, {{cog|xcl|եւղ||oil}} Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἐλαίᾱ|ἐλαίᾱς|f|first}} ἐλαίᾱ • (elaíā) f (genitive ἐλαίᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἐλαίᾱ|ἐλαίᾱς}} Forms: ἐλαίᾱ [canonical], elaíā [romanization], ἐλαίᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ἐλαίᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ ἐλαίᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ἐλαῖαι [nominative, plural], τῆς ἐλαίᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἐλαίαιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἐλαιῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ἐλαίᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἐλαίαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἐλαίαις [dative, plural], τὴν ἐλαίᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ ἐλαίᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἐλαίᾱς [accusative, plural], ἐλαίᾱ [singular, vocative], ἐλαίᾱ [dual, vocative], ἐλαῖαι [plural, vocative]
  1. olive tree
    Sense id: en-ἐλαία-grc-noun-SMhlDnPj
  2. olive (fruit)
    Sense id: en-ἐλαία-grc-noun-NSvRLsKD
  3. naevus Categories (lifeform): Olive family plants
    Sense id: en-ἐλαία-grc-noun-cEnpXeZ~ Disambiguation of Olive family plants: 29 20 50 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 85 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 21 21 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 6 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ἐλᾱ́ᾱ (elā́ā) [Attic], ἐλαίη (elaíē) [Epic], Ionic Derived forms: ἐλᾶαι στοιχᾰ́δες (elâai stoikhắdes), ἐλαίαγνος (elaíagnos), ἐλάϊνος (eláïnos), θυμελαία (thumelaía), χαμελαία (khamelaía) Related terms: ἔλαιον (élaion), ἐλαιοπώλης (elaiopṓlēs)
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "élaion",
      "word": "ἔλαιον"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "elaiopṓlēs",
      "word": "ἐλαιοπώλης"
    }
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            "Shrubs",
            "Trees",
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            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/eˈlɛ.a/"
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      "ipa": "/eˈle.a/"
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      "ipa": "/e.lǎi̯.aː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
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      "ipa": "/eˈlɛ.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/eˈlɛ.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/eˈle.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
  ],
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}
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    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
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    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/e.lǎi̯.aː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈlɛ.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.lǎi̯.aː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈlɛ.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈlɛ.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "elā́ā",
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ],
      "word": "ἐλᾱ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "elaíē",
      "tags": [
        "Epic"
      ],
      "word": "ἐλαίη"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ionic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἐλαία"
}

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