Olisipo
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unknown origin, possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia (likely Tartessian) word for the Tagus, via Phoenician. Some spelling variants are due to the folk etymology connecting the name of the town with Ulixēs/Ulyssēs (“Odysseus”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /o.liˈsiː.poː/, [ɔlʲɪˈs̠iːpoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.liˈsi.po/, [oliˈs̬iːpo]
Proper noun edit
Olisīpō f sg or m sg (genitive Olisīpōnis); third declension
Usage notes edit
- The gender is unattested. Some dictionaries list this words as masculine (Lewis and Short, Gaffiot) and some as feminine (Kraft and Forbiger, Oxford Latin Dictionary).
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Olisīpō |
| Genitive | Olisīpōnis |
| Dative | Olisīpōnī |
| Accusative | Olisīpōnem |
| Ablative | Olisīpōne |
| Vocative | Olisīpō |
| Locative | Olisīpōnī Olisīpōne |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Vulgar Latin: Olisipona
- Old Spanish: Ulixbona
- → Arabic: لِشْبُونَة (lišbūna), أُشْبُونَة (ʔušbūna)
- → Portuguese: Olissipo, Olisipo (learned)
References edit
- “Olisipo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Olisipo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Olisīpō” on page 1246 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Friedrich Karl Kraft and M. Albert Forbiger, Neues deutsch-lateinisches Handwörterbuch, Leipzig, 1826, page 1403 (in an appendix of geographical names entitled "Geographischer Anhang"): "Liſſabon, (Lisboa), Olissipo (Ulisippo, Olisipo), onis, f. Plin. Lisbona."
Portuguese edit
Proper noun edit
Olisipo f
- Alternative form of Olissipo