Ulixes

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Ulyssēs

Etymology edit

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/luk^yeu.^[2] Compare Etruscan 𐌖𐌈𐌖𐌆𐌄 (uθuze).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /uˈlik.seːs/, [ʊˈlʲɪks̠eːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /uˈlik.ses/, [uˈlikses]

Proper noun edit

Ulixēs m sg (genitive Ulixis or Ulixī or Ulixeī); third declension

Odysseus (Ulysses)

Usage notes edit

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 edit

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ulixēs
Genitive	Ulixis Ulixī Ulixeī
Dative	Ulixī
Accusative	Ulixem Ulixēn
Ablative	Ulixe
Vocative	Ulixēs

Descendants edit

Catalan: Ulisses
English: Ulysses
French: Ulysse
Italian: Ulisse
Old English: Aulixes
Sicilian: Ulissi
Spanish: Ulises

References edit

“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.

^ Visser, Brill’s New Pauly s.v. Odysseus
^ https://www.robertbeekes.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/b124.pdf
^ “Ulixes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

[1] Visser, Brill’s New Pauly s.v. Odysseus

[2] ttps://www.robertbeekes.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/b124.pdf

[3] “Ulixes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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