ouls

Latin

Etymology

If correct, ouls shows the use of the digraph "ou", which is puzzling since long /uː/ is etymologically unexpected for this word. Lindsay argues that "ouls" is not the original spelling in this passage, suggesting that the manuscript forms may result either from misreading of an attempted correction of an original *ols to uls, or incorrect emendation of a misspelling vis.[1]

Pronunciation

Preposition

ouls (+ accusative)

  1. (Old Latin, dubious) alternative form of uls
    • 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 5.50, ("ouls" is an emendation proposed by Müller 1833; manuscripts have readings such as "ouis" or "oius"):[2][3][4]
      In Sacris Argeorum scriptum sic est:
      Oppius mons, princeps ⟨Es⟩quili⟨i⟩s ouls lucum Facutalem; sinistra via secundum m⟨o⟩erum est.
      • 1938 translation by Roland Kent
        In the Sacrifices of the Argei there is the following record:
        Oppian Hill: first shrine, on the Esquiline, beyond the Beech Grove; it is on the left side of the street along the wall.

References

  1. ^ Lindsay, W. M. (1894), The Latin Language, pages 594-595
  2. ^ Karl Otfried Müller (1833), M. Terenti Varronis De lingua Latina librorum quae supersunt emendata et annotata, page 20
  3. ^ Kent, Roland G. (1938), Varro, On the Latin Language, volume I, Harvard University Press, page 46
  4. ^ Neue, Friedrich; Wagener, C. (1892), Formenlehre der Lateinischen Sprache, 3rd edition, volume 2, pages 814-815:
    In der Formel der sacra Argeorum bei demselben 5, 8, 50 ist im Flor. exquilisovis, im Par. a quilistyoius, im Goth. quilisoius, im Kopenh. quisovis ; O. Müller hat Exquilis ouls (lucum Facutalem) vermutet, was auch Spengel aufgenommen hat. Aber es ist fraglich, ob hiermit das Richtige hergestellt ist, da sich weder von Exquilis noch von ouls im Lateinischen sonst irgend eine Spur nachweisen läfst. Vielmehr hätte nach Corssen, Kritische Beiträge S. 302 nach der Florentiner Handschrift, auf die allein etwas ankommt, Exquilios cis geschrieben werden müssen.
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