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oleagineus

ŏlĕāgĭnĕus, ŏlĕāgĭnĭus, and ŏlĕ-āgĭnus, a, um, adj. [olea].
  • Of or belonging to the olive-tree (for the class. olearius): oleagineum seminarium, Cato R. R. 48: radix, Verg. G. 2, 31: virgulae, Nep. Thras. 4, 1: oleagineis coronis ministri triumphantium utebantur, quod Minerva dea belli esse putabatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 192 Müll.—
  • II Resembling an olive-tree or an olive: vitis oleaginia, Col. 3, 2, 27 dub.: uva, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 38.—
    • B Olive-colored: berylli oleagini, Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 77.

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