Orpheus

English Etymology From en grc Ὀρφεύς, built from an uncertain root with the grc -εύς suffix. Perhaps root-cognate to grc ὀρφανός orphan. Pronunciation en /ˈɔɹ.fi.əs/ /ˈɔɹ.fjuːs/ (compare to Zeus, Odysseus, Morpheus, Proteus) en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Orpheus.wav US Proper noun en Q174353en Greek mythology A Thracian musician and poet, who failed to retrieve his wife Eurydice from Hades. en rare en male Ancient Greek. Derived terms en orpharion Orphic Orphism Translations the musician who searched for Eurydice Albanian: sq Orfeu m Arabic: ar أُورْفِيُوس m Armenian: hy Օրփեոս Basque: eu Orfeo Belarusian: be Арфе́й m Bengali: bn ওর্ফেউস, bn অর্ফিয়াস Breton: br Orfeüs m Bulgarian: bg Орфей m Catalan: ca Orfeu m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 俄耳甫斯 É'ěrfǔsī Czech: cs Orfeus m Danish: da Dutch: nl Orpheus m Esperanto: eo Orfeo Estonian: et Finnish: fi Orfeus French: fr Orphée m Friulian: fur Galician: gl Orfeo m Georgian: ka ორფეოსი German: de Orpheus m Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Orpheus Kölsch Greek: el Ορφέας m, el Ορφεύς m Ancient Greek: grc Ὀρφεύς m Gujarati: gu ઓર્ફિયસ m Hebrew: he אורפיאוס m Hungarian: hu Orpheusz Indonesian: id Orfeus Interlingua: ia Orpheo Inuktitut: iu ᐆᕐᐱᐅᔅ Irish: ga Oirféas m Italian: it Orfeo m Japanese: ja オルフェウス Orufeusu Kannada: kn ಆರ್ಫೀಯಸ್ Korean: ko 오르페우스 Latin: la Orpheus Orphe͡us m Latvian: lv Orfejs m Lithuanian: lt Orfėjas m Lombard: lmo Macedonian: mk Орфеј m Marathi: mr ऑर्फियस m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Orfeus m Nynorsk: nn Orfevs m Occitan: oc Orfèu m Piedmontese: pms Polish: pl Orfeusz m Portuguese: pt Orfeu m Romagnol: rgn Romanian: ro Orfeu m Russian: ru Орфе́й m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh О̀рфеј m Latin: sh Òrfej m Slovak: sk Orfeus m Slovene: sl Orfej m Spanish: es Orfeo m Swedish: sv Orfeus c Tatar: tt Orfey Telugu: te ఓర్ఫియాస్ Turkish: tr Orfe Ukrainian: uk Орфе́й m male given name Bulgarian: bg Орфей m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 奧菲厄斯 Àofēi'èsī Hebrew: he אורפיאוס m Italian: it Orfeo Marathi: mr ऑर्फियस m Further reading Orpheus Anagrams en ehoprsu Peshour uphroes ephorus upshore shore up Cebuano Etymology ceb :der en:Orpheus<ety:uder<grc:->> 2 1 Proper noun ceb proper noun ceb Greek mythology en Orpheus ceb male Ancient Greek Latin Etymology 1 la Orpheus :bor grc:Ὀρφεύς + 1 Pronunciation Orphe_us Proper noun Orpheus<2> Orphe͡us Orpheī/Orpheos Orpheum/Orphea Orphe͡u en Orpheus Declension Orpheus<2> Orphe͡us Orpheī/Orpheos Orpheum/Orphea Orphe͡u Etymology 2 la Orphēus :bor grc:Ὀρφεῖος + 1 Pronunciation Orphēus Adjective Orphēus Orphean Declension Orphēus Related terms la Orphaicus la Orphicus References Orpheus (dissyl.) Orpheus Orpheus 1094 la terms suffixed with -eus (borrowed noun)