oleaginus

Latin

Etymology

A later form, probably influenced by fāginus, fabāginus and can be understood as a back-formation from the base-form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /o.leˈaː.ɡi.nus/, [ɔɫ̪eˈäːɡɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.leˈa.d͡ʒi.nus/, [oleˈäːd͡ʒinus]

Adjective

oleāginus (feminine oleāgina, neuter oleāginum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Alternative form of oleāgineus (“of or related to the olive tree, its fruits or their oil”).

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	oleāginus	oleāgina	oleāginum		oleāginī	oleāginae	oleāgina
Genitive	oleāginī	oleāginae	oleāginī		oleāginōrum	oleāginārum	oleāginōrum
Dative	oleāginō		oleāginō		oleāginīs
Accusative	oleāginum	oleāginam	oleāginum		oleāginōs	oleāginās	oleāgina
Ablative	oleāginō	oleāginā	oleāginō		oleāginīs
Vocative	oleāgine	oleāgina	oleāginum		oleāginī	oleāginae	oleāgina

References

• “oleaginus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “oleaginus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• oleaginus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.