Sisyphus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪsɪfəs/

Proper noun

Sisyphus

1. tragic figure in Greek mythology doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades.

Derived terms

• Sisyphean

Translations

figure

• Arabic: سِيزِيف m (sizif)
• Catalan: Sísif (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西西弗斯 (Xīxīfúsī)

• Czech: Sisyfos m
• French: Sisyphe (fr) m
• German: Sisyphos m, Sisyphus m
• Greek: Σίσυφος (el) m (Sísyfos)

  Ancient: Σῑ́συφος m (Sī́suphos)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Inuktitut: ᓰᓯᐳᔅ (siisipos)
• Italian: Sisifo m
• Japanese: シーシュポス (Shīshuposu)
• Polish: Syzyf (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sísifo (pt) m
• Russian: Си́зиф (ru) m (Sízif)
• Spanish: Sísifo m
• Swedish: Sisyfos

---

German

Etymology

Latin Sīsyphus (Sīsyphos), from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos)

Proper noun

Sisyphus m

1. Sisyphus

Derived terms

• Sisyphusarbeit

Related terms

• sisypheisch
• sisyphisch