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”) Compare Aluta, as well as the Romanian river Olt (which could be related).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈol.tis/, [ˈɔɫ̪t̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈol.tis/, [ˈɔl̪t̪is]

View of the river

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