Odysseus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Odysseus

A male given name from Ancient Greek
(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.

Translations

son of Laertes; Greek leader during the Trojan War

Arabic: أُودِيسْيُوس m (ʔudīsyūs)
Armenian: Ոդիսևս (hy) (Odisews), Ուլիս (Ulis)
Catalan: Odisseu m, Ulisses m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 奧德修斯／奥德修斯 (zh) (Àodéxiūsī)
Danish: Odysseus
Esperanto: Odiseo
Finnish: Odysseus
French: Ulysse (fr) m, Odysseus (fr) m
German: Odysseus (de) m
German Low German: Odysseus m
Greek: Οδυσσέας (el) m (Odysséas)
Ancient: Ὀδυσσεύς m (Odusseús)
Hungarian: Odüsszeusz (hu)
Icelandic: Ódysseifur m
Inuktitut: ᐅᑎᔅᓯᐅᔅ (otissios)
Japanese: オデュッセウス (Odyusseusu)
Korean: 오디세우스 (Odise'useu)
Latin: Ulixēs m, Ulyssēs m, Odysseus m
Macedonian: Одисе́ј (Odiséj)
Marathi: ऑडिसियस (ŏḍisiyas)
Old English: Aulixes m
Persian: ادیسیوس (odisyus)
Polish: Odys (pl) m, Odyseusz (pl) m, Ulisses (pl) m
Portuguese: Odisseu (pt) m, Ulisses (pt) m
Russian: Одиссе́й (ru) m (Odisséj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: Odisej (sh) m
Spanish: Odiseo m, Ulises (es) m
Swedish: Odysseus, Ulysses

See also

Ulysses

Further reading

Odysseus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [oˈd̥ysœwˀs]

Proper noun

Odysseus

Odysseus

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