proper noun · masculinethird declension
Ulixēs
Ulixēs m sg (genitive Ulixis or Ulixī or Ulixeī)
Classical[ʊˈlɪk.seːs]Ecclesiastical[uˈlik.ses]
Meaning
- Odysseus (Ulysses)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ulixēs | — |
| genitive | Ulixis Ulixī, Ulixeī, Ulyssis | — |
| dative | Ulixī Ulyssī | — |
| accusative | Ulixem Ulixēn, Ulyssem | — |
| ablative | Ulixe Ulysse | — |
| vocative | Ulixēs | — |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- errores Ulixis
- the wanderings of Ulysses.
Ŭlixes (sometimes, on account of the Gr. Ὀδυσσεύς, erroneously written Ŭlys-ses), is (also Ulixei, Hor. C. 1, 6, 7; id. Epod. 16, 60; 17, 16; Aus. Ep. 16, 13; also,
I.
by synizesis, Ulixei, trisyl., Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 40; Ov. M. 14, 159; 14, 671; Aus. Ep. 24; and, Ulixi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; Verg. E. 8, 70; id. A. 2, 7; 3, 273; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 63), m. from the Etruscan Uluxe, or from the Siculian Οὐλίξης; v. Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 279, the Latin name for Odysseus, Engl. Ulysses, king of Ithaca, famed among the Grecian heroes of the Trojan war for his craft and eloquence; the son of Laertes and Anticlea, husband of Penelope, and father of Telemachus and Telegonus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; 2, 21, 49; 5, 3, 7; id. Off. 1, 31, 113; Prop. 3, 12, 25 (4, 11, 23) sq.; Ov. H. 1, 84; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 18; 1, 6, 63; id. C. 1, 6, 7; id. Epod. 16, 60; 17, 16.Origins
According to Visser, from dialectal (probably Doric) Ancient Greek Οὐλίξης (Oulíxēs, “Odysseus”), itself from a Pre-Greek source tentatively reconstructed by Beekes as *Od/lukʸeu. Compare Etruscan 𐌖𐌈𐌖𐌆𐌄 (uθuze) and Sicel Οὐλίξης (Oulíxēs).
Descendants
- CatalanUlisses
- EnglishUlysses
- FrenchUlysse
- ItalianUlisse
- PortugueseUlisses
- SpanishUlises
- Old EnglishAulixes
- SicilianUlissi