ἐλαία, Att.
ἐλάα, ἡ,
A. olive-tree, Hom. , esp. in Od.,11.590 , al.;ἱερὴ ἐ. 13.372 , cf. Pi. O. 3.13 , Hdt. 8.55 , S. OC 701 (lyr.), etc.; ἡμέρη ἐλαίη
Hdt. 5.82
(opp.ἀγρία ἐ. orκότινος)φέρεσθαι ἐκτὸς τῶν ἐλαῶνto run beyondthe olives, which stood at the end of the Athenian racecourse, i.e. to go too far, Ar. Ra. 995 , ubiv.Sch.; of the IndianOlea cuspidata, Thphr. HP 4.4.11 .
2. variety of δάφνη
111
, ib. 4.7.2 , Str. 16.3.6 .
II. olive, Ar. Ach. 550 , Pl. R. 372c , D. 18.262 , Dsc. 1.119 , etc.—Acc. to Gramm.ἐλάαwas the proper form in this sense,ἐλαίαin the first; butἐλάαis simply the Att. form, cf. IG 12.94.33 , 2.476.21 , 1055.36 (also PHal. 1.98
(iii B.C.), etc.).
III. naevus on the skin, Melamp. p.508F.
IV.
= δίφρου Κυρηναϊκοῦ μέρος , Hsch. [Inἐλάα, the penult. is long, E. Fr. 360.46 , Ar. Ach. 550 , Pax 578 , Av. 617 , etc.; butἐλᾰῶνin Alex. 261.3 (where perh.ἐλῶν—ἐλᾶςis acknowledged by Ael.Dion. Fr. 162 , and found in PRyl. 97.7