Ulysses

English

Etymology

From Latin Ulyssēs, a frequent error for Ulixēs (“Odysseus”), influenced by the Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juːˈlɪ.siːz/, /ˈjuːlɪ.siːz/

Proper noun

Ulysses

  1. (Roman mythology) Latin name form of Odysseus
  2. a city in Kansas, USA, and the county seat of Grant County. Named after Ulysses S. Grant.

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Latin

Etymology

A frequent error for Ulixēs (“Odysseus”), influenced by the Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /uˈlys.seːs/, [ʊˈlʏs.seːs]

Proper noun

Ulyssēs m (genitive Ulyssis); third declension

  1. Alternative form of Ulixēs

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular
nominative Ulyssēs
genitive Ulyssis
dative Ulyssī
accusative Ulyssem
ablative Ulysse
vocative Ulyssēs

References

  • Ulysses in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ulysses in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Swedish

Proper noun

Ulysses

  1. (Greek mythology) Ulysses (the hero of the Iliad and Odyssey), Latin name form of Odysseus

Usage notes

  • The classic Swedish translations of Homer's works by Erland Lagerlöf in 1912 use the name Ulysses.
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