"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 may also be the source of Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”), possibly from Proto-Berber *wlw (“wild olive”). 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”), {{der|grc|ber-pro|*wlw||wild olive}} Proto-Berber *wlw (“wild olive”) 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], ἐλαίᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ἐλαῖαι [nominative, plural], τῆς ἐλαίᾱς [genitive, singular], ἐλαίαιν [dual, genitive], ἐλαιῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ἐλαίᾳ [dative, singular], ἐλαίαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἐλαίαις [dative, plural], τὴν ἐλαίᾱν [accusative, singular], ἐλαίᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἐλαίᾱς [accusative, plural], ἐλαίᾱ [singular, vocative], ἐλαίᾱ [dual, vocative], ἐλαῖαι [plural, vocative], ἐλᾱ́ᾱ [alternative, Attic], ἐλαίη [alternative, Epic, Ionic]
  1. olive tree
    Sense id: en-ἐλαία-grc-noun-SMhlDnPj
  2. olive (fruit)
    Sense id: en-ἐλαία-grc-noun-NSvRLsKD Categories (other): Olive family plants Disambiguation of Olive family plants: 41 52 6
  3. naevus
    Sense id: en-ἐλαία-grc-noun-cEnpXeZ~ 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: 14 14 73 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 28 28 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 8 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἐλᾶαι στοιχᾰ́δες (elâai stoikhắdes), ἐλαίαγνος (elaíagnos), ἐλάϊνος (eláïnos), θυμελαία (thumelaía), χαμελαία (khamelaía) Related terms: ἔλαιον (élaion), ἐλαιοπώλης (elaiopṓlēs)
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      "ipa": "/e.lǎi̯.aː/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/eˈlɛ.a/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/eˈle.a/"
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      "ipa": "/e.lǎi̯.aː/",
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    {
      "ipa": "/eˈlɛ.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈlɛ.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/eˈle.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.a/",
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  ],
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}
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      "args": {
        "1": "ἐλαίᾱ",
        "2": "ἐλαίᾱς"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "élaion",
      "word": "ἔλαιον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "elaiopṓlēs",
      "word": "ἐλαιοπώλης"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "olive tree"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "olive tree",
          "olive tree"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "olive (fruit)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "olive",
          "olive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "naevus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "naevus",
          "naevus"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἐλαία"
}

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