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olivum

olivum, olive oil

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

olīvum, ī, n.: olive oil, 6.225, et al. (olīva)
ŏlīvum or ŏlīvom, i, n. [oliva].
  • Lit.
    • A Oil (poet. and in post-class. prose for oleum): eme die caecā hercle olivum, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67 (296); id. As. 2, 4, 26 (432); id. Ps. 1, 2, 76 (207); Lucr. 2, 392; id. 6, 1073: inolens, id. 2, 850: pingue, Verg. E. 5, 68; Ov. M. 10, 176: perfundere pisces olivo, Hor. S. 2, 4, 50: si ex olivis meis olivum feceris, Gai. Inst. 2, 79.—
    • B Trop., the palaestra (from the use of oil to anoint wrestlers): cur olivum vitat? Hor. C. 1, 8, 8; cf. oleum.—
  • II Transf., an ointment, unguent: Syrio fragrans olivo, Cat. 6. 8; Prop. 4, 16, 31.

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