LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

olea

olea f (genitive oleae)
Classical[ˈɔ.ɫe.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔː.le.a]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. feminineolive (fruit)
  2. feminineolive tree
    ‘flōrēbant oleae; ventī nocuēre protervī’“The olive trees were blooming; wanton winds damaged them.” (The poetic voice is that of Flora (mythology).)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 5.321

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

arbor pācis; ex frūctibus eius oleum fit.
olea -ae f — in Mille Verba, Arborēs et Plantae

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeoleaoleae
genitiveoleaeoleārum
dativeoleaeoleīs
accusativeoleamoleās
ablativeoleāoleīs
vocativeoleaoleae

ŏlĕa, ae (
I. dat. plur. oleabus, Gell. ap. Charis. 1, 40), = ἐλαία.
I. Lit., an olive, olive-berry: olea ab elaea, Varr. L. L. 5, § 108 Müll.: oleas caducas, et albas condire, Cato, R. R. 58: oleam cogere, legere, stringere, verberare, id. ib. 144; cf. Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 12; Verg. G. 2, 302 al.—
II. Transf., an olive-tree, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 9: agricola cum florem oleae videt, bacam quoque se visurum putat. Cic. Div. 2, 6, 16; so id. Rep. 3, 9, 15; Quint. 8, 6, 48; 8, 3, 8; 10: ure maris oleas, Ov. F. 4, 741; Vulg. Isa. 17, 6; 24, 13.

Origins

From Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía, “olive berry, olive tree”), of Pre-Greek origin, compare oleum (“olive oil”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesOleaOlea, OLIVA (ἐλάα, or, in older Attic and Trag., ἐλαία); OLEUM, OLIVUM (ἔλαιον); OLETUM, OLIVETUM (ἐλαιών). That the cultivation of the olive, and the…

Quick answers

What does olea mean in Latin?
olea, a noun, means “olive (fruit); olive tree”.
What is the genitive of olea?
The genitive singular is oleae. olea is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce olea?
In classical Latin, [ˈɔ.ɫe.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɔː.le.a].