Ulixes

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ulyssēs

Etymology

According to Visser, from dialectal (probably Doric) Ancient Greek Οὐλίξης (Oulíxēs, “Odysseus”), itself from a Pre-Greek source tentatively reconstructed by Beekes as *Od/luk^yeu. Compare Etruscan 𐌖𐌈𐌖𐌆𐌄 (uθuze) and Sicel Οὐλίξης (Oulíxēs).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

1. Odysseus (Ulysses)

Usage notes

Some insist that only Ulixēs is correct for Classical Latin and that the spelling Ulyssēs is incorrect; but the form Ulyssēs is not uncommon, especially in later periods.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ulixēs
genitive	Ulixis Ulixī Ulixeī
dative	Ulixī
accusative	Ulixem Ulixēn
ablative	Ulixe
vocative	Ulixēs

Descendants

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

References

• “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.