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).

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 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.