olivom

ŏlīvum or ŏlīvom, i, n. [id.].

I.

Lit.

A.

Oil ( poet. and in post-class. prose for oleum):

eme die caecā hercle olivum, id vendito oculatā die,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67; id. As. 2, 4, 26; id. Ps. 1, 2, 76; Lucr. 2, 392; id. 6, 1073:

inolens,

id. 2, 850:

pingue,

Verg. E. 5, 68; Ov. M. 10, 176:

perfundere pisces olivo,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 50:

si ex olivis meis olivum feceris,

Gai. Inst. 2, 79.—

B.

Trop., the palœstra (from the use of oil to anoint wrestlers):

cur olivum vitat?

Hor. C. 1, 8, 8; cf. oleum.—

II.

Transf., an ointment, unguent:

Syrio fragrans olivo,

Cat. 6. 8; Prop. 4, 16, 31.