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Latin
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).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ulixēs m sg (genitive Ulixis or Ulixī or Ulixeī); third declension
- Odysseus (Ulysses)
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 and in languages descended from Latin.
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants
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.