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): [ˈɔɫ.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔl.tis] === Proper noun === Oltis m sg (genitive Oltis); third declension a river in Aquitania, now the river Lot ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only. === 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