Definition:
ἐλαία (Attic, ἐλάα), -ας, ἡ [in LXX for זַיִת;] 1) an olive tree: Rom.11:17, 24, Rev.11:4; τ. ὄρος τῶν ἐ. (זַיִת הַר, Zec.14:4), the Mount of Olives: Mat.21:1 24:3 26:30, Mrk.11:1 13:3 14:26, Luk.19:37 22:39; τὸ καλούμενον ἐ. (T, ἐλαιών, which see), Luk.19:29 21:37. 2) an olive (Aristoph.): Jas.3:12. (AS)
Definition:
ἐλαία,
Attic dialect ἐλάα, ἡ,
olive-tree, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἱερὴ ἐ[
Refs 5th c.BC+] to run beyond
the olives, which stood at the end of the Athenian racecourse, i.e. to go too far, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], ubi see Scholia; of the Indian
Olea cuspidata, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2) variety of δάφνη [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II)
olive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —Acc. to Grammars ἐλάα was the proper form in this sense, ἐλαία in the first; but ἐλάα is simply the
Attic dialect form,[
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III)
naevus on the skin, Melamp.[
Refs]
IV) ={δίφρου Κυρηναϊκοῦ μέρος}, [
Refs 5th c.AD+], the
penultimate is long, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἐλᾰῶν in [
Refs 1st c.AD+]