Ulixes
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
According to Visser,[1] from dialectal (probably Doric) Ancient Greek Οὐλίξης (Oulíxēs, “Odysseus”), itself from a Pre-Greek source tentatively reconstructed by Beekes as *Od/lukyeu.[2] Compare Etruscan 𐌖𐌈𐌖𐌆𐌄 (uθuze) and Sicel Οὐλίξης (Oulíxēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ʊˈlɪk.seːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [uˈlik.ses]
Proper noun
Ulixēs m sg (genitive Ulixis or Ulixī or Ulixeī); third declension
Usage notes
Some insist that only Ulixēs is correct for Classical Latin and that the spelling Ulyssēs is incorrect;[3] but the form Ulyssēs is not uncommon, especially in later periods.
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Ulixēs |
| genitive | Ulixis Ulixī Ulixeī |
| dative | Ulixī |
| accusative | Ulixem Ulixēn |
| ablative | Ulixe |
| vocative | Ulixēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: Ulisses
- English: Ulysses
- French: Ulysse
- Italian: Ulisse
- Old English: Aulixes
- Portuguese: Ulisses
- Sicilian: Ulissi
- Spanish: Ulises
References
- “Ulixes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ulixes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Visser, Brill’s New Pauly s.v. Odysseus
- ^ https://www.robertbeekes.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/b124.pdf
- ^ “Ulixes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press