LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

oleāgineus

oleāgineus (feminine oleāginea, neuter oleāgineum)
Classical[ɔ.ɫe.aːˈɡɪ.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[o.le.aˈd͡ʒiː.ne.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelationalolive (of or pertaining to the olive tree or its fruit)
  2. adjectiverelationaloil (usually in the form oleāginus)
  3. adjectiverelationaloil-like, oily

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeoleāgineusoleāginea
oleāgina		oleāgineum
oleāginum
genitiveoleāgineī
oleāginī		oleāgineae
oleāginae		oleāgineī
oleāginī
dativeoleāgineō
oleāginō		oleāgineae
oleāginae		oleāgineō
oleāginō
accusativeoleāgineum
oleāginum		oleāgineam
oleāginam		oleāgineum
oleāginum
ablativeoleāgineō
oleāginō		oleāgineā
oleāginā		oleāgineō
oleāginō
vocativeoleāginee
oleāgine		oleāginea
oleāgina		oleāgineum
oleāginum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeoleāgineī
oleāginī		oleāgineae
oleāginae		oleāginea
oleāgina
genitiveoleāgineōrum
oleāginōrum		oleāgineārum
oleāginārum		oleāgineōrum
oleāginōrum
dativeoleāgineīs
oleāginīs		oleāgineīs
oleāginīs		oleāgineīs
oleāginīs
accusativeoleāgineōs
oleāginōs		oleāgineās
oleāginās		oleāginea
oleāgina
ablativeoleāgineīs
oleāginīs		oleāgineīs
oleāginīs		oleāgineīs
oleāginīs
vocativeoleāgineī
oleāginī		oleāgineae
oleāginae		oleāginea
oleāgina

ŏlĕāgĭnĕus, ŏlĕāgĭnĭus, and ŏlĕ-āgĭnus, a, um, adj. olea.
I. Of or belonging to the olive-tree (for the class. olearius): oleagineum seminarium, Cato, R. R. 48: radix, Verg. G. 2, 31: virgulae, Nep. Thras. 4, 1: oleagineis coronis ministri triumphantium utebantur, quod Minerva dea belli esse putabatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 192 Müll.—
II. Resembling an olive-tree or an olive: vitis oleaginia, Col. 3, 2, 27 dub.: uva, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 38.—
B. Olive-colored: berylli oleagini, Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 77.

Origins

From olea (“the olive tree or its fruit”) and oleum (“oil”), with -agineus suffix likely extracted from farrāgineus, tiliāgineus, similāgineus; with alternative forms after fāginus, fabāginus. Not derived from oleāgō (“oil mixed with the sweat of an athlete”).

Descendants
  • unknownoleaginous

In English words that came into English from oleāgineus

  • oleaginousoleāginōsus

Quick answers

What does oleāgineus mean in Latin?
oleāgineus, a adjective, means “olive (of or pertaining to the olive tree or its fruit); oil (usually in the form oleāginus)”.
How do you pronounce oleāgineus?
In classical Latin, [ɔ.ɫe.aːˈɡɪ.ne.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [o.le.aˈd͡ʒiː.ne.us].