Orpheus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀρφεύς (Orpheús), built from an uncertain root with the -εύς (-eús) suffix. Perhaps root-cognate to Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “orphan”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹfi.əs/, /ˈɔɹfjuːs/ (compare to Zeus, Odysseus, Morpheus, Proteus)

Proper noun

Orpheus

(Greek mythology) A Thracian musician and poet, who failed to retrieve his wife Eurydice from Hades.
(rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Translations

the musician who searched for Eurydice

Albanian: Orfeu m
Arabic: أُورْفِيُوس‎ m (ʔūrfiyūs)
Armenian: Օրփեոս (hy) (Ōrpʿeos)
Basque: Orfeo
Belarusian: Арфе́й m (Arfjéj)
Bengali: ওর্ফেউস (ōrpheuś), অর্ফিয়াস (orphiẏaś)
Breton: Orfeüs m
Bulgarian: Орфей m (Orfej)
Catalan: Orfeu m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 俄耳甫斯 (É'ěrfǔsī)
Czech: Orfeus m
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: Orpheus m
Esperanto: Orfeo (eo)
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: Orfeus
French: Orphée (fr) m
Friulian: please add this translation if you can
Galician: Orfeo (gl) m
Georgian: ორფეოსი (orpeosi)
German: Orpheus (de) m
Central Franconian: Orpheus (Kölsch)
Greek: Ορφέας (el) m (Orféas), Ορφεύς (el) m (Orféfs)
Ancient: Ὀρφεύς m (Orpheús)
Gujarati: ઓર્ફિયસ m (orphiyas)
Hebrew: אורפיאוס‎ m
Hungarian: Orpheusz
Indonesian: Orfeus
Interlingua: Orpheo
Inuktitut: ᐆᕐᐱᐅᔅ (oorpios)
Irish: Oirféas m
Italian: Orfeo (it) m
Japanese: オルフェウス (Orufeusu)
Kannada: ಆರ್ಫೀಯಸ್ (ārphīyas)
Korean: 오르페우스 (oreupe'useu)
Latin: Orphe͡us m
Latvian: Orfejs m
Lithuanian: Orfėjas m
Lombard: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: Орфеј m (Orfej)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Orfeus m

Nynorsk: Orfevs m
Occitan: Orfèu m
Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
Polish: Orfeusz m
Portuguese: Orfeu (pt) m
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: Orfeu m
Russian: Орфе́й (ru) m (Orféj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: О̀рфеј m

Roman: Òrfej (sh) m
Slovak: Orfeus m
Slovene: Orfej (sl) m
Spanish: Orfeo m
Swedish: Orfeus c
Tatar: Orfey
Telugu: ఓర్ఫియాస్ (ōrphiyās)
Turkish: Orfe
Ukrainian: Орфе́й m (Orféj)

male given name

Hebrew: אורפיאוס‎ m
Italian: Orfeo (it)

Anagrams

shore up, uphroes, upshore

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Orpheus, from Ancient Greek.

Proper noun

Orpheus

(Greek mythology) Orpheus
a male given name from Ancient Greek

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Orpheus.

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρφεύς (Orpheús).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.pʰeu̯s/, [ˈɔrpʰɛu̯s̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.feu̯s/, [ˈɔrfeu̯s]

Proper noun

Orphe͡us m sg (genitive Orpheī or Orpheos); second declension

Orpheus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Orphe͡us
Genitive	Orpheī Orpheos
Dative	Orpheō
Accusative	Orpheum Orphea
Ablative	Orpheō
Vocative	Orphe͡u

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄρφειος (Órpheios).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /orˈpʰeː.us/, [ɔrˈpʰeːʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /orˈfe.us/, [orˈfɛːus]

Adjective

Orphēus (feminine Orphēa, neuter Orphēum); first/second-declension adjective

Orphean

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	Orphēus	Orphēa	Orphēum	Orphēī	Orphēae	Orphēa
Genitive	Orphēī	Orphēae	Orphēī	Orphēōrum	Orphēārum	Orphēōrum
Dative	Orphēō	Orphēae	Orphēō	Orphēīs
Accusative	Orphēum	Orphēam	Orphēum	Orphēōs	Orphēās	Orphēa
Ablative	Orphēō	Orphēā	Orphēō	Orphēīs
Vocative	Orphēe	Orphēa	Orphēum	Orphēī	Orphēae	Orphēa

Related terms

Orphaicus
Orphicus

References

“Orpheus (dissyl.)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Orpheus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1094

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