Odysseus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈdɪsjuːs/, /oʊˈdɪsi.əs/, /oʊˈdɪsjuːs/ (compare with Zeus, Morpheus, Orpheus, Proteus)

Proper noun

Odysseus

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek
2. (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.

Translations

son of Laertes; Greek leader during the Trojan War

• Arabic: أُودِيسْيُوس m (ʔudīsyūs)
• Armenian: Ոդիսևս (hy) (Odisews), Ուլիս (Ulis)
• Catalan: Odisseu m, Ulisses m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧德修斯／奥德修斯 (zh) (Àodéxiūsī)

• Danish: Odysseus
• Esperanto: Odiseo
• Finnish: Odysseus
• French: Ulysse (fr) m, Odysseus (fr) m
• German: Odysseus (de) m

  German Low German: Odysseus m

• Greek: Οδυσσέας (el) m (Odysséas)

  Ancient: Ὀδυσσεύς m (Odusseús)

• Hungarian: Odüsszeusz (hu)
• Icelandic: Ódysseifur m
• Inuktitut: ᐅᑎᔅᓯᐅᔅ (otissios)
• Japanese: オデュッセウス (Odyusseusu)
• Korean: 오디세우스 (Odise'useu)
• Latin: Ulixēs m, Ulyssēs m, Odysseus m
• Macedonian: Одисе́ј (Odiséj)
• Marathi: ऑडिसियस (ŏḍisiyas)
• Old English: Aulixes m
• Persian: ادیسیوس (odisyus)
• Polish: Odys (pl) m, Odyseusz (pl) m, Ulisses (pl) m
• Portuguese: Odisseu (pt) m, Ulisses (pt) m
• Russian: Одиссе́й (ru) m (Odisséj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Odisej (sh) m

• Spanish: Odiseo m, Ulises (es) m
• Swedish: Odysseus, Ulysses

See also

• Ulysses

Further reading

• Odysseus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oˈd̥ysœwˀs]

Proper noun

Odysseus

1. Odysseus