oil
oil
subs.
Ar. and P. ἔλαιον, τό, V. ἄ̆λειφα, τό.
Olive-oil: V. λί̆πος ἐλαίας, τό (Soph. Frag.).
Scented oil: P. and V. μύ̆ρον, τό ; see ointment.
subs.
Ar. and P. ἔλαιον, τό, V. ἄ̆λειφα, τό.
Olive-oil: V. λί̆πος ἐλαίας, τό (Soph. Frag.).
Scented oil: P. and V. μύ̆ρον, τό ; see ointment.
oil
v. trans.
Ar. and P. ἀ̆λείφειν ; see anoint.
v. trans.
Ar. and P. ἀ̆λείφειν ; see anoint.
OIL
s. oleum (general term; but PROP. olive oil): olivum oleum olivarum (olive oil): pure sweet clear oil oleum purum (Cato); mundum (Pall.); liquidum optimum non insuavis odoris egregii saporis (Col.): old bad rancid oil oleum vetus (Col.); corruptum (Caes.); sordidum (Pall.): to press oil oleum facere: to add oil to the flame oleum addere camino (Hor. Sat. 2 3 321): to supply a lamp with oil oleum lumini instillare: of or belonging to oil olearius: dregs of oil faeces (plur.); amurca (impurities in pressing): an oil painting imago oleatis pigmentis picta; pictura pigmentis oleatis facta: an oil cask dolium olearium: the smell of oil odor olei; odor oleaceus (like oil): the taste of oil sapor olei; sapor oleaceus (like oil).
s. oleum (general term; but PROP. olive oil): olivum oleum olivarum (olive oil): pure sweet clear oil oleum purum (Cato); mundum (Pall.); liquidum optimum non insuavis odoris egregii saporis (Col.): old bad rancid oil oleum vetus (Col.); corruptum (Caes.); sordidum (Pall.): to press oil oleum facere: to add oil to the flame oleum addere camino (Hor. Sat. 2 3 321): to supply a lamp with oil oleum lumini instillare: of or belonging to oil olearius: dregs of oil faeces (plur.); amurca (impurities in pressing): an oil painting imago oleatis pigmentis picta; pictura pigmentis oleatis facta: an oil cask dolium olearium: the smell of oil odor olei; odor oleaceus (like oil): the taste of oil sapor olei; sapor oleaceus (like oil).
v. oleo unguere (Hor. Sat.); oleo perfundere aliquid (Verg.).
oil: ŏleum (poet. ŏlīvum, Hor. S. 2, 4, 50, pisces perfundere olivo: Virg.): to put better o on the vegetables, caules ungere o. meliori, Hor. S. 2, 3, 125 Cic.: o. of the finest quality, primae notae oleum, Col. 12, 50, ad init.; more generally, o. probum, ib. fin.: common or inferior o., o. cibarium (like panis cibarius), ib. fin.: to make o., o. conficere, ib. init.; facere, ib. 51, init.: o. for perfumery, o. ad unguenta, ib.: to make o. from myrtle-berries, o. ex bacis myrti conficere, Pall. 2, 17: rancid o., o. rancidum, ib. 12, 21. Pertaining to o., oil-: olearius: the wine- or o.-cellar, cella vinaria, olearia, Cato R. R. 3: Cic.: an o.-maker or dealer, olearius (subs.), Col. 12, 50, med.: having the nature of o., oleaceus (v. OILY ): prepared with o., oleatus: Coel. Aur.
oil
Oil
- best kinds of olive oil: Paus. 10.32.19
- fragrant oil of Cyzicus: Paus. 4.35.8
- olive oil flows in sign of Athena's approbation: Paus. 2.6.3
- olive oil poured on image of Zeus at Olympia: Paus. 5.11.10
- oil poured daily on stone: Paus. 10.24.6
- poured on altar of Demeter: Paus. 8.42.11
- in lamps: Paus. 7.22.3
- lamp filled with oil once a year: Paus. 1.26.7
- men greased with oil at festival of Dionysus: Paus. 8.19.2
- persons who consult oracle of Trophonius anointed with oil: Paus. 9.39.7, cf.Unguent
Oil
See oleum.