ἔλαιον

elaion

olive-oil

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Protagoras 2
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334c3
334b3
Timaeus 2
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60d7
60a8
Menexenus 1
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238a7
Theaetetus 1
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144b5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔλαιον, τό, (ἐλαία) A. olive-oil, in Hom. mostly anointing-oil, used after the bath, λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπʼ ἐλαίῳ Il. 10.577, cf. 14.171, 18.350, etc.; before wrestling and other gymnastic exercises, πωλησεῦντι τὸ ἔ. εἰς τὸ γυμνάσιον IG 12(1).3 (Rhodes); ἔ. θεῖναι to provide oil at the baths, ib.4.597,606 (Argos): prov., πῦρ ἐλαίῳ κοιμίσαι Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 8 (a); ἐλαίῳ πῦρ κατας βεννύναι Luc. Tim. 44; εὐῶδες ἔ. Od. 2.339; ῥοδόεν (rose-scented) Il. 23.186; ἔ. ῥόδινον Hp. Mul. 2.135; ἔ. λευκον ib.136; τοῦ λευκοτάτου πάντων ἐ. Σαμιακοῦ Antiph. 331. II. any oily substance, ἔ. χήνειον Hp. Mul. 2.194; κίκινον, ἀμυγδάλινον ἔ., etc., Dsc. 1.32,33, etc.; ῥαφάνινον ἔλαιον PAmh. 2.93 (ii A.D.), etc.; ἔ. ἀπὸ σελαχῶν, like our ‘cod-liver oil’, Arist. HA 520a18; ἔ. ἀπὸ γάλακτος butter, Hecat. 154 J. III. at Athens, oil-market, ἀναμενῶ σε . . πρὸς τοὔλαιον Men. 896.

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