LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

ōlla

ōlla f (genitive ōllae)
Classical[ˈoːl.la]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔl.la]

Meaning

  1. pot, jar

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeōllaōllae
ōlae
genitiveōllae
ōlae		ōllārum
ōlārum
dativeōllae
ōlae		ōllīs
ōlīs
accusativeōllam
ōlam		ōllās
ōlās
ablativeōllāōllīs
ōlīs
vocativeōllaōllae
ōlae

olla, ae (old form aula:
I. aulas antiqui dicebant, quas nos dicimus ollas, quia nullam litteram geminabant. Itaque aulicocia exta, quae in ollis coquebantur, dicebant, id est elixa, Fest. p. 23 Müll.—Examples with aula, for olla, are found in Cato, R. R. 52, 1; 81; 85 sq.; Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 20; 22; 3, 6, 44; 47; 4, 2, 4; 7; id. Capt. 1, 1, 21; 4, 2, 66 et saep.; Inscr. Orell. 2473; 3001; 4537 sqq.; cf. also Non. 543, 8), f. root uk-, Sanscr. ukha, pot; aula for aukula, a pot or jar: quadrilibrem aulam onustam auro habeo, Plaut. Aul. 5, 1, 2; Varr. ap. Non. 543, 12: ollam denariorum implere, Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4: fictilis, Col. 8, 8, 7: monendus qui vasa emturus est, ne bibulas aut male coctas emat, id. 12, 43, 11: ET OLLAS PRECATI SVNT, Inscr. Fratr. Arv. tab. 41 a; cf. Marini Atti, p. 593: grandes fumabant pultibus ollae, Juv. 14, 171.—For preserving the ashes of the dead, Inscr. Grut. 865, 10; cf. Inscr. Orell. 4544; Jahn, Specim. Epigr. p. 29 sq.—Prov.: olla male fervet, the pot boils poorly, i. e. the affair looks bad, Petr. 38, 13: ipsa holera olla legit, the pot culls its own herbs, i. e. serves itself, Cat. 94, 2: vultus redigentur in ollam, made as black as a pot, Vulg. Joel, 2, 6.—
2. Trop.: olla cujus rubigo in eā est, i. e. the city full of the vile, Vulg. Ezech. 24, 6.

Origins

From earlier aula. Perhaps from Proto-Italic *aukslā (see auxilla), from Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷ-sleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷ- (“cooking pot”), of possible substrate origin. Compare Sanskrit उखा (ukhā), Albanian anë, Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós), Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz, and subsequently Old Norse and Old English ofn (whence English oven).

Descendants
  • Catalanolla
  • Frenchollefrom Old French ole
  • Frenchoullièrefrom Old French ole
  • Italianolla
  • Occitanola
  • Romanianoală
  • Spanisholla
  • Portugueseolhafrom Spanish olla
  • Aromanianoalã
  • Aromanianole

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesOllaOlla ant. AULA (Plaut. Aulul., passim), a word used much in the same sense as our word jar or pot, and corresponding most nearly perhaps to the Greek …

Quick answers

What does ōlla mean in Latin?
ōlla, a noun, means “pot, jar”.
What is the genitive of ōlla?
The genitive singular is ōllae. ōlla is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce ōlla?
In classical Latin, [ˈoːl.la]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɔl.la].