Ulixes

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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/lukyeu[2]. Compare Etruscan 𐌖𐌈𐌖𐌆𐌄 (uθuze).

Pronunciation

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;[3] but the form Ulyssēs is not uncommon, especially in later periods and in languages descended from Latin.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case 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
  1. Visser, Brill’s New Pauly s.v. Odysseus
  2. https://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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