Odysseus

From Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús). Doublet of Ulysses.

• IPA^(key): /əˈdɪsjuːs/, /oʊˈdɪsi.əs/, /oʊˈdɪsjuːs/ (compare with Zeus, Morpheus, Orpheus, Proteus)

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Odysseus

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
3. (Greek mythology) The son of Laertes and Anticlea and father of Telemachus. A Greek leader during the Trojan War, he was responsible for the Trojan horse. He was also king of Ithaca, hero of the Iliad, and protagonist of the Odyssey.

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From Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús).

• IPA^(key): [oˈd̥ysœwˀs]

Odysseus

1. (Greek mythology) Odysseus (the son of Laertes and Anticlea and father of Telemachus)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús). Doublet of Ulixēs.

Odysseus m sg (genitive Odysseī); second declension

1. (New Latin) (Greek mythology) Odysseus (the son of Laertes and Anticlea and father of Telemachus)
   • 1879, De Polybii fontibus et auctoritato disputatio critica, page 4:

     Homerus cum voluerit nobis ostendere qualis debeat esse vir sapiens (ἀνὴρ πραγματικός), Odyssei imagine talem virum proposuit, ut apparet laudatis primis Odysseae versibus. Sed etiam qui artem imperatoriam pernoscere velit Odysseam evolvat. Odysseus enim est optimus dux (ἀνὴρ ἡγεμονικώτατος); eum Homerus induxit ex astris multa coniectantem quae et mari et terrae accidunt, ut decet bonum ducem.

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• French: Odyssée m
• Italian: Odisseo