Odyssea

Dutch

Proper noun

Odyssea f

  1. obsolete form of Odyssee

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek Ὀδῠσσεύς (Odŭsseús)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.
Ancient Greek -ιᾰ (-iă)
Ancient Greek Ὀδύσσεια (Odússeia)bor.
Latin Odyssea

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀδύσσεια (Odússeia), Ὀδυσσεία (Odusseía), from Ὀδῠσσεύς m (Odŭsseús, “Odysseus”) +‎ -ιᾰ (-iă). By surface analysis, Odysseus +‎ -ia.

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Odyssēa f sg (genitive Odyssēae); first declension

    1. the Odyssey (an epic poem, ascribed to Homer, that describes the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy)

    Declension

    First-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Odyssēa
    genitive Odyssēae
    dative Odyssēae
    accusative Odyssēam
    ablative Odyssēā
    vocative Odyssēa

    Descendants

    • → Catalan: Odissea
    • → English: Odyssey
    • → German: Odyssee
    • → Italian: Odissea
    • → Middle French: Odyssee, Odissee
    • → Occitan: Odissèa
    • → Portuguese: Odisseia
    • → Sicilian: Adissea, Udissea
    • → Spanish: Odisea

    References

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