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/lukyeu. Compare Etruscan 𐌖𐌈𐌖𐌆𐌄 (uθuze) and Sicel Οὐλίξης (Oulíxēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ʊˈlɪk.seːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [uˈlik.ses] === Proper noun === Ulixēs m sg (genitive Ulixis or Ulixī or Ulixeī); third declension 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. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: Ulisses English: Ulysses French: Ulysse Italian: Ulisse Old English: Aulixes Portuguese: Ulisses 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.