ἐλαία

elaia

olive-tree

Appears 17 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 7
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Book V 4
Chapter 21 553a17–553b6

553a21
553a22

Chapter 22 553b7–554b21

553b23

Chapter 30 556a14–556b20

556a23
Book VIII 1
Chapter 17 600a27–601a22

601a7
Book IX 2
Chapter 9 614a34–614b17

614b11

Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

624b10
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 4
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Chapter 51 834a12–22

834a12
834a13
Chapter 88 837a30–837b7

837a32
Chapter 155 846a6–21

846a6
Generation of Animals 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 23 730b33–731b14

731a5
Book III 1
Chapter 5 755a36–756b12

755b11
On Colours 1
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Chapter 5 794b12–797a32

796a27
On Generation and Corruption 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 6 333a16–334a14

333b9
Physics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 4 195b31–196b9

196a32
Politics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 11 1258b9–1259a36

1259a10

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐλαία, Att. ἐλάα, ἡ, A. olive-tree, Hom., esp. in Od., 11.590, al.; ἱερὴ ἐ. 13.372, cf. Pi. O. 3.13, Hdt. 8.55, S. OC 701 (lyr.), etc.; ἡμέρη ἐλαίη Hdt. 5.82 (opp. ἀγρία ἐ. or κότινος) φέρεσθαι ἐκτὸς τῶν ἐλαῶν to run beyond the olives, which stood at the end of the Athenian racecourse, i.e. to go too far, Ar. Ra. 995, ubi v. Sch.; of the Indian Olea cuspidata, Thphr. HP 4.4.11. 2. variety of δάφνη III, ib.4.7.2, Str. 16.3.6. II. olive, Ar. Ach. 550, Pl. R. 372c, D. 18.262, Dsc. 1.119, etc.—Acc. to Gramm. ἐλάα was the proper form in this sense, ἐλαία in the first; but ἐλάα is simply the Att. form, cf. IG 12.94.33, 2.476.21, 1055.36 (also PHal. 1.98 (iii B.C.), etc.). III. naevus on the skin, Melamp.p.508F. IV. = δίφρου Κυρηναϊκοῦ μέρος, Hsch. [In ἐλάα, the penult. is long, E. Fr. 360.46, Ar. Ach. 550, Pax 578, Av. 617, etc.; but ἐλᾰῶν in Alex. 261.3 (where perh. ἐλῶν—ἐλᾶς is acknowledged by Ael.Dion. Fr. 162, and found in PRyl. 97.7 (ii A.D.), ἐλᾶν in 130.11 (i A.D.)—should be restored), and ᾰ in ἐλάη, AP 4.2.12 (Phil.), 6.102 (Id.).]

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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