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ἐλάϊνος

elainos

of olive-wood

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐλάϊνος, η, ον, A. of olive-wood, ἐλαΐνῳ ἀμφὶ πελέκκῳ Il. 13.612; στειλειόν Od. 5.236, cf. Thphr. HP 5.3.7, PLond. 3.1177 (ii A.D.), etc. b. of olive-branches, στέφανος D.Chr. 31.110. c. of the olive-tree, φυλλάς Str. 16.4.13. 2. of olive-oil, Orph. L. 717. 3. of olives, ἔλαιον LXXLe. 24.2, J. AJ 3.8.3. (Also spelt ἐλαίινος IG 2.678B.)
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