Oltis

Latin

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Oltis m sg (genitive Oltis); third declension

  1. a river in Aquitania, now the river Lot

Declension

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

singular
nominative Oltis
genitive Oltis
dative Oltī
accusative Oltem
ablative Olte
vocative Oltis

References

  • 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
  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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