Olisipo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown origin, possibly from Paleo-Hispanic (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

Proper noun

Olisīpō f sg or m sg (genitive Olisīpōnis); third declension

  1. Lisbon (a city in modern Portugal)

Usage notes

  • 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

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Olisīpō
genitive Olisīpōnis
dative Olisīpōnī
accusative Olisīpōnem
ablative Olisīpōne
vocative Olisīpō
locative Olisīpōnī
Olisīpōne

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Vulgar Latin: Olisipona
  • → Portuguese: Olissipo, Olisipo (learned)

References

  • “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

Proper noun

Olisipo f

  1. alternative form of Olissipo
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