English

Noun

oleum ‎(countable and uncountable, plural oleums)

1. (inorganic chemistry) A solution of sulfur trioxide in sulfuric acid.

Synonyms

• fuming sulfuric acid

Related terms

• Olea

Translations

See also

• pyrosulfuric acid

Latin

olīvae in oleō (olives in olive oil)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔλαιον ‎(élaion, “olive oil”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.le.um/

Noun

oleum n ‎(genitive oleī); second declension

1. olive oil
2. the palaestra

Inflection

Second declension.

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References

• oleum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• oleum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• OLEUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “oleum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to lose one's labour: operam (et oleum) perdere or frustra consumere
    
• oleum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers