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oleo
oleo
English
Noun
oleo (usually uncountable, plural oleos)
Etymology 2
Clipping of oleomargarine.
Noun
oleo (usually uncountable, plural oleos)
See also
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin oleum (“olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈle.o/
- Hyphenation: o‧le‧o
Noun
oleo (accusative singular oleon, plural oleoj, accusative plural oleojn)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈo.le.oː/, [ˈɔ.ɫe.oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.le.o/, [ˈɔː.le.o], [ˈɔː.le̯o]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-.
Verb
oleō (present infinitive olēre, perfect active oluī); second conjugation, no passive
- I smell; I emit an odor, especially a bad odor.
- I am given away by smell; I smell of.
- I am observed, betrayed.
Inflection
| Conjugation of oleo (second conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | oleō | olēs | olet | olēmus | olētis | olent |
| imperfect | olēbam | olēbās | olēbat | olēbāmus | olēbātis | olēbant | |
| future | olēbō | olēbis | olēbit | olēbimus | olēbitis | olēbunt | |
| perfect | oluī | oluistī | oluit | oluimus | oluistis | oluērunt, oluēre | |
| pluperfect | olueram | oluerās | oluerat | oluerāmus | oluerātis | oluerant | |
| future perfect | oluerō | olueris | oluerit | oluerimus | olueritis | oluerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | oleam | oleās | oleat | oleāmus | oleātis | oleant |
| imperfect | olērem | olērēs | olēret | olērēmus | olērētis | olērent | |
| perfect | oluerim | oluerīs | oluerit | oluerīmus | oluerītis | oluerint | |
| pluperfect | oluissem | oluissēs | oluisset | oluissēmus | oluissētis | oluissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | olē | — | — | olēte | — |
| future | — | olētō | olētō | — | olētōte | olentō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | olēre | oluisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | olēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| olēre | olendī | olendō | olendum | — | — | ||
Synonyms
- (smell, emit an odor): fragrō
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
See also
References
- oleo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
From Proto-Italic *oleō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oléye-, the o-grade causative of *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”). Cognate to Latin alō.
Verb
oleō (found only in compounds)
Usage notes
Found only in compounds, not attested as an independent verb in Classical texts.
Derived terms
References
- oleo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- oleo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “oleo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Etymology 3
Inflected form of oleum (“olive oil”).
Noun
oleō