Utus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Thracian *ūt (water, river), from Proto-Indo-European *ūd from *wódr̥ (water), and cognate with Sanskrit उदन् (udán, water), Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, water).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Utus m sg (genitive Utī); second declension

  1. A tributary river of the Danube that flows in Moesia, now called Vit

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Utus
genitive Utī
dative Utō
accusative Utum
ablative Utō
vocative Ute

References

  1. ^ Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker[1], Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, page 86

Further reading

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