Olisipo
Latin
Etymology
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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /o.liˈsiː.poː/, [ɔ.lɪˈsiː.poː]
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, with locative.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Olisīpō |
Genitive | Olisīpōnis |
Dative | Olisīpōnī |
Accusative | Olisīpōnem |
Ablative | Olisīpōne |
Vocative | Olisīpō |
Locative | Olisīpōne |
Derived terms
Descendants
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
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