ἔλαιον, τό,
(ἐλαία) olive-oil, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly anointing-oil, used after the bath, λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπ᾽ ἐλαίῳ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.577, compare 14.171, 18.350, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; before wrestling and other gymnastic exercises, πωλησεῦντι τὸ ἔ. εἰς τὸ γυμνάσιον [[ “IG” 12(1).3 (from Rhodes)] Refs]; ἔ. θεῖναι to provide oil at the baths, [[[prev. work]4.597,606 (from Argos): proverbial, πῦρ ἐλαίῳ κοιμίσαι “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 8 ] Refs] (a); ἐλαίῳ πῦρ κατας βεννύναι [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 44 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; εὐῶδες ἔ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.339 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ῥοδόεν (rose-scented) [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.186; ἔ. ῥόδινον 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.135 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔ. λευκον[[ [prev. work] 136; τοῦ λευκοτάτου πάντων ἐ. Σαμιακοῦ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 331. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II any oily substance, ἔ. χήνειον [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.194 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κίκινον, ἀμυγδάλινον ἔ., etc., [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.32,33, etc.; ῥαφάνινον ἔλαιον “PAmh.” 2.93 (2nd c.AD), etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἔ. ἀπὸ σελαχῶν, like our 'cod-liver oil', [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 520a18 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔ. ἀπὸ γάλακτος butter, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Hecataeus Milesius Historicus 154 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III at Athens, oil-market, ἀναμενῶ σε.. πρὸς τοὔλαιον [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 896. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]