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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.tus/, [ˈʊt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.tus/, [ˈuːt̪us]

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

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.