Ὀδύσσεια

See also: Ὀδυσσεία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ὀδῠσσείᾱ (Odusseíā)

Etymology

From Ὀδῠσσεύς m (Odusseús, “Odysseus”) +‎ -ιᾰ (-ia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.dýs.seː.a/ → /oˈðys.si.a/ → /oˈði.si.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.dýs.seː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈdys.si.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈðys.si.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈðys.si.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈði.si.a/

Proper noun

Ὀδῠ́σσειᾰ • (Odússeia) f (genitive Ὀδῠσσείᾱς); first declension

1. the Odyssey

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ὀδῠ́σσειᾰ; τῆς Ὀδῠσσείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ὀδῠ́σσειᾰ hē Odússeia
Genitive	τῆς Ὀδῠσσείᾱς tês Odusseíās
Dative	τῇ Ὀδῠσσείᾳ têi Odusseíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ὀδῠ́σσειᾰν tḕn Odússeian
Vocative	Ὀδῠ́σσειᾰ Odússeia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ἰλιάς f (Iliás)
• Ἀλεξιάς f (Alexiás)

Descendants

• Greek: Οδύσσεια (Odýsseia)
• → Japanese: オデュッセイア (“Odyusseia”)
• → Latin: Odyssea f
  • → Catalan: Odissea
  • → English: Odyssey
  • → French: Odyssée f
    • → Vietnamese: Ô-đi-xê
  • → German: Odyssee f
  • → Italian: Odissea f
  • → Occitan: Odissèa f
  • → Portuguese: Odisseia f
  • → Sicilian: Adissea f, Udissea f
  • → Spanish: Odisea f
• → Russian: Одиссея f inan (Odisseja)

References

• “Ὀδύσσεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ὀδύσσεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers