oleaster
Dictionary entries
- Entry →oleaster, oleastri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
wild olive-tree;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...coria et carnem mollit durata calore. barbigeras oleaster eo iuvat usque capellas, effluat ambrosias quasi vero et nectare..." - P
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...vita et sanguine certant. Forte sacer Fauno foliis oleaster amaris hic steterat, nautis olim venerabile lignum, servati..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...fugiens per gramina rivus, palmaque vestibulum aut ingens oleaster inumbret, ut, cum prima novi ducent examina reges vere..." - P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...gaudent silua uiuacis oliuae: indicio est tractu surgens oleaster eodem plurimus et strati bacis siluestribus agri. at quae..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sucoque licet cognoscere mores. quippe notam linguae bacis oleaster amaris exhibet: asperitas verborum cessit in illa. Hinc..."