Oltis

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Attested during the Merovingian period as Ulda (fluvius), earlier Ulta, from a Celtic/Gaulish root simplified as *Olt, possibly related to the root of Old Irish oll (“vast, great”)^[1] Compare Aluta, as well as the Romanian river Olt (which could be related).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈol.tis/, [ˈɔɫ̪t̪ɪs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈol.tis/, [ˈɔl̪t̪is]

View of the river

Proper noun edit

Oltis m sg (genitive Oltis); third declension

A river in Aquitania, now the river Lot

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Oltis
Genitive	Oltis
Dative	Oltī
Accusative	Oltem
Ablative	Olte
Vocative	Oltis

References edit

Oltis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“Oltis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

^ Fabien Régnier, Jean-Pierre Drouin, Les peuples fondateurs à l'origine de la Gaule, édition Yoran Embanner, 2014, page 818

[1] Fabien Régnier, Jean-Pierre Drouin, Les peuples fondateurs à l'origine de la Gaule, édition Yoran Embanner, 2014, page 818

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