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uls

on the far side of, beyond

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Where it lives

Noctes Atticae 2 · 0.18/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

1. uls — de Vaan

uls 'on the far side of, beyond' [prep. + ace] (Varro, Gel, Paul, ex F.) Derivatives: ulterior (P1.+) 'farther away'; ultra 'to a point farther off, conversely' (Naev.+); ultra (Cato+) 'on the far side, beyond'; ultimus 'farthest away' (P1.+). Pit *ol-tero-, *ο!-ίωηο-. It. cognates: (λ ultiumam [acc.sg.f.] Mast'. PIE *h2ol-tero- ''further', *h2ol-tmHo- 'furthest, last'. IE cognates: see s.v. olle. The prep, uls is … — [de Vaan, s.v. uls, p. 652]

2. uls — Lewis & Short

uls (ouls;

I v. infra), prep. with acc. [from the pronominal root il, whence ille], beyond; opp. to cis (ante-class.): uls Cato pro ultra posuit, Fest. p. 379 Müll.: ouls lucum facutalem (followed by cis lucum Esquilinum), Form. Sacr. Argeor. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 50 ib.: et uls et cis Tiberim, Varr. ib. 5, § 83: quinqueviri constituti sunt cis Tiberim et uls Tiberim, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 31; cf. Gell. 12, 13, 8.

3. uls — Walde–Hofmann

uls (über vermeintl. arch, ouls s. v. Rozwadowski IF. 3,271£., Lindsay-Nohl 638) Präp. „jenseits (Cato nach Paul. Fest p. 379; nur noch in Formeln wie us läcam Facutälem bei Varro ling. 5, 50 und in wis et cis Tiberim, sonst ersetzt durch ulträ), wltis „jenseits (späte Analogiebildung, s. Schmalz? 507), ulter, -tra, -trum „jenseitig* (seit Ter); Komp. wlderior (seit Cic.), Sup. timus (seit. Plaut.), ultr& Präp. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. uls, p. 1721]

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Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. uls (scan pp. 652-653; entry #1868). Root candidates: *ultero-, *olrtero-.
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. uls (scan pp. 1721-1723; entry #3304). Root candidates: *al-, *jul-, *um-.

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