Olisipo

Latin Alternative forms la Ulisippō Olisippō Olysippō Ulysippō Olysīpō Ulyssipō Etymology la :der<unc> phn:-<ety:bor<qsb-ibe:-<unc>><txr:-<unc>>> 1 la origin, possibly from a la qsb-ibe (likely la txr -) word for the Tagus, via la phn -. Some spelling variants are due to the folk etymology connecting the name of the town with la Ulixēs/la Ulyssēs Odysseus. Pronunciation Olisīpō Proper noun Olisīpō<3.loc> f m la city in modern c/Portugal Lisbonla National capitals 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 Olisīpō<3.loc> Derived terms la olisīpōnēnsis Descendants la-vul Olisipona osp Ulixbona ar لِشْبُونَة 1 pt Olissipo 1 1 References 1 Olisīpō 1246 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." la Capital cities Portuguese Proper noun f pt Olissipo