Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Gallaecian (Hispano-Celtic), from Proto-Celtic *ɸolkā (farmland),[1][2] from Proto-Indo-European *polḱeh₂.[3]

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Olca f sg (genitive Olcae); first declension

  1. A castellum of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis

Declension edit

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Olca
Genitive Olcae
Dative Olcae
Accusative Olcam
Ablative Olcā
Vocative Olca

References edit

  • Hispania Epigraphica n. 13989
  1. ^ Luján, R. L. (2008). "Galician place-names attested epigraphically", in J. L. Garcia Alonso, Celtic and Other Languages In Ancient Europe. Salamanca: Universidad, →ISBN, pages 65-82.
  2. ^ Curchin, Leonard A. (2008). "The toponyms of the Roman Galicia: New Study", Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, LV (121), pages 109-136.
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 136