oleaster

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin oleaster

Noun

oleaster (plural oleasters)

  1. A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,
    1. especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus,
      1. especially, the species Elaeagnus angustifolia.
  2. Cultivated olive trees that have re-naturalized, sometimes treated as a species Olea oleaster, the wild olive.

Synonyms

See also

  • oil-tree

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From ole(a) (“olive tree”) +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /o.leˈas.ter/, [ɔ.ɫɛˈas.tɛr]

Noun

oleaster m (genitive oleastrī); second declension

  1. wild olive tree

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case Singular Plural
nominative oleaster oleastrī
genitive oleastrī oleastrōrum
dative oleastrō oleastrīs
accusative oleastrum oleastrōs
ablative oleastrō oleastrīs
vocative oleaster1 oleastrī

1May also be oleastre.

Descendants

References

  • oleaster in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • oleaster in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • oleaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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