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Odysseus
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English
Etymology
From en grc Ὀδυσσεύς. en Ulysses.
Pronunciation
en /əˈdɪsjuːs/ /oʊˈdɪsi.əs/ /oʊˈdɪsjuːs/ (compare with Zeus, Morpheus, Orpheus, Proteus)
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Odysseus.wav US
Proper noun
en male Ancient Greek.
en Q47231 en Greek mythology The son of Laertes and Anticlea and father of Telemachus. A Greek leader during the Trojan War, he was responsible for the Trojan horse. He was also king of Ithaca, hero of the Iliad, and protagonist of the Odyssey.
Related terms
en Odyssey odyssey Ulysses
Translations
son of Laertes; Greek leader during the Trojan War
Afrikaans: af Odusseus
Albanian: sq Odiseu
Arabic: ar أُودِيسْيُوس m ʔudīsyūs
Armenian: hy Ոդիսևս, hy Ուլիս
Azerbaijani: az Odissey
Basque: eu Ulises, eu Odiseo
Bulgarian: bg Одисей m
Catalan: ca Odisseu m, ca Ulisses m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 奧德修斯 Àodéxiūsī
Czech: cs Odysseus m, cs Ulixes m
Danish: da Odysseus, da Ulysses
Dutch: nl Odysseus m
Esperanto: eo Odiseo
Estonian: et Odysseus
Finnish: fi Odysseus
French: fr Ulysse m, fr Odysseus m, fr Odyssée m
Galician: gl Ulises m, gl Odiseo m
Georgian: ka ოდისევსი
German: de Odysseus m
Greek: el Οδυσσέας m
Ancient Greek: grc Ὀδυσσεύς m
Hebrew: he אודיסאוס m odíseus
Hungarian: hu Odüsszeusz
Icelandic: is Ódysseifur m
Inuktitut: iu ᐅᑎᔅᓯᐅᔅ
Irish: ga Odaiséas m
Italian: it Odisseo m, it Ulisse m
Japanese: ja オデュッセウス Odyusseusu
Korean: ko ^오디세우스
Latin: la Ulixēs m, la Ulyssēs m, la Odysseus m
Latvian: lv Odisejs m
Lithuanian: lt Odisėjas m, lt Uliksas m
Low German:
German Low German: nds-de Odysseus m
Macedonian: mk Одисе́ј
Marathi: mr ऑडिसियस
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Odyssevs, nb Ulysses
Nynorsk: nn Odyssevs, nn Ulysses
Odia: or ଅଡିସିୟସ୍
Old English: ang Aulixes m
Persian: fa ادیسیوس odisyus
Polish: pl Odys m-pr, pl Odyseusz m-pr, pl Ulisses m-pr
Portuguese: pt Odisseu m, pt Ulisses m
Romanian: ro Odiseu m, ro Ulise m
Russian: ru Одиссе́й m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Одисеј m, sh Уликс m
Latin: sh Odisej m, sh Uliks m
Slovak: sk Odyseus m, sk Odysseus m
Slovene: sl Odisej m
Spanish: es Odiseo m, es Ulises m
Swedish: sv Odysseus, sv Ulysses
Turkish: tr Odisseus
Ukrainian: uk Одіссе́й m
Welsh: cy Odisews m
Further reading
en Individuals Trojan War
Danish
Etymology
From da grc Ὀδυσσεύς.
Pronunciation
da [oˈd̥ysœwˀs]
Proper noun
da Odysseus Q47231
Latin
Etymology
la Odysseus :lbor grc:Ὀδυσσεύς + 1 Ulixēs
Proper noun
Odysseus<2> m
la NL. la Odysseus Q47231
la 1879 De Polybii fontibus et auctoritato disputatio critica 4 https://books.google.com/books?id=aivGZGEYlowC&pg=PA4 Homerus cum voluerit nobis ostendere qualis debeat esse vir sapiens (ἀνὴρ πραγματικός), Odyssei imagine talem virum proposuit, ut apparet laudatis primis Odysseae versibus. Sed etiam qui artem imperatoriam pernoscere velit Odysseam evolvat. Odysseus enim est optimus dux (ἀνὴρ ἡγεμονικώτατος); eum Homerus induxit ex astris multa coniectantem quae et mari et terrae accidunt, ut decet bonum ducem.
Descendants
fr Odyssée m Q47231
it Odisseo
la terms suffixed with -eus (borrowed noun)