oil Copy link • oil: ŏleum (poet. ŏlīvum, Hor. S. 2, 4, 50, pisces perfundere olivo: Virg.): to put better o. on the vegetables, caules ungere o. meliori, Hor. S. 2, 3, 125: Cic.: o. of the finest quality, primae notae oleum, Col. 12, 50, ad init.; more generally, o. probum, ib. fin.: common or inferior o., o. cibarium (like panis cibarius), ib. fin.: to make o., o. conficere, ib. init.; facere, ib. 51, init.: o. for perfumery, o. ad unguenta, ib.: to make o. from myrtle-berries, o. ex bacis myrti conficere, Pall. 2, 17: rancid o., o. rancidum, ib. 12, 21. Pertaining to o., oil-: olearius: the wine- or o.-cellar, cella vinaria, olearia, Cato R. R. 3: Cic.: an o.-maker or dealer, olearius (subs.), Col. 12, 50, med.: having the nature of o., oleaceus (v. oily): prepared with o., oleatus: Coel. Aur.
OIL Copy link • OIL 1. s. oleum (general term; but PROP., olive oil): olivum, oleum olivarum (olive oil): pure, sweet, clear oil, oleum purum (Cato); mundum (Pall.); liquidum, optimum, non insuavis odoris, egregii saporis (Col.): old, bad, rancid oil, oleum vetus (Col.); corruptum (Caes.); sordidum (Pall.): to press oil, oleum facere: to add oil to the flame, oleum addere camino (Hor., Sat., 2, 3, 321): to supply a lamp with oil, oleum lumini instillare: of or belonging to oil, olearius: dregs of oil, faeces (plur.); amurca (impurities in pressing): an oil painting, imago oleatis pigmentis picta; pictura pigmentis oleatis facta: an oil cask, dolium olearium: the smell of oil, odor olei; odor oleaceus (like oil): the taste of oil, sapor olei; sapor oleaceus (like oil). 2. v. oleo unguere (Hor., Sat.); oleo perfundere aliquid (Verg.).