Osiris

See also: Osíris and Ósíris

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Osīris, derived from Ancient Greek Ὄσῑρῐς (Ósīrĭs), derived from Egyptian wsjr.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Osiris

  1. (Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld.
  2. (astronomy, planetology) An exoplanet in the Pegasus constellation, HD 209458 b.

Derived terms

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Osīris.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: O‧si‧ris

Proper noun

Osiris

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Osiris (the Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Osīris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.zi.ʁis/
  • Hyphenation: O‧si‧ris

Proper noun

Osiris m

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Osiris (the Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Osīris, from Ancient Greek Ὄσῑρις (Ósīris), from Egyptian


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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈziːʁɪs/
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  • Hyphenation: Osi‧ris

Proper noun

Osiris m (proper noun, strong, genitive Osiris' or (with an article) Osiris)

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Osiris (the Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld)

Declension

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄσῑρῐς (Ósīrĭs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Osīris m sg (genitive Osīris); third declension

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Osiris (the Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld)
  2. name of a warrior slain by Thymbrœus

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in ), singular only.

singular
nominative Osīris
genitive Osīris
dative Osīrī
accusative Osīrim
Osīrin
ablative Osīrī
vocative Osīris

Further reading

  • Osiris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Osiris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Osīris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈsiɾis/ [oˈsi.ɾis]
  • Rhymes: -iɾis
  • Syllabification: O‧si‧ris

Proper noun

Osiris m

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Osiris (the Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld)