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
View of the river

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.

Case Singular
Nominative Utus
Genitive Utī
Dative Utō
Accusative Utum
Ablative Utō
Vocative Ute

References
  1. Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker‎, Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, pages 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
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