oleaster
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English oliaster, olyaster, from Latin oleaster.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Noun
editoleaster (plural oleasters)
- A plant in the family Elaeagnaceae,
- especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus,
- especially, the type species Elaeagnus angustifolia.
- especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus,
- Cultivated olive trees that have re-naturalized, sometimes treated as a species Olea oleaster, the wild olive.
Synonyms
edit- (Elaeagnus angustifolia): silverberry, Russian olive
Translations
editplant in the family Elaeagnaceae, especially, a plant in the genus Elaeagnus, especially, the species Elaeagnus angustifolia
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See also
editReferences
edit- oleaster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Elaeagnus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Elaeagnus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Further reading
editAnagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom ole(a) (“olive tree”) + -aster.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /o.leˈas.ter/, [ɔɫ̪eˈäs̠t̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.leˈas.ter/, [oleˈäst̪er]
Noun
editoleaster m (genitive oleastrī); second declension
- wild olive tree
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | oleaster | oleastrī |
genitive | oleastrī | oleastrōrum |
dative | oleastrō | oleastrīs |
accusative | oleastrum | oleastrōs |
ablative | oleastrō | oleastrīs |
vocative | oleaster | oleastrī |
Descendants
edit- Italian: olivastro, ulivastro
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: ullastre
- Sicilian: agghiastru
- → English: oleaster
- → Italian: oleastro
- → Romanian: oleastru
- → Spanish: oleastro
References
edit- “oleaster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “oleaster”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- oleaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Latin
- Rhymes:English/æstə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/æstə(ɹ)/4 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms suffixed with -aster
- en:Olive family plants
- en:Rosales order plants
- Latin terms suffixed with -aster
- Latin 4-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns