Ulysses

From Latin Ulyssēs, a frequent error for Ulixēs (“Odysseus”), influenced by the Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús).

• IPA^(key): /juːˈlɪ.siːz/, /ˈjuːlɪ.siːz/

Ulysses

1. (Roman mythology) Latin name form of Odysseus
2. a city in Kansas, USA, and the county seat of Grant County. Named after Ulysses S. Grant.

• Odysseus

A frequent error for Ulixēs (“Odysseus”), influenced by the Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /uˈlys.seːs/, [ʊˈlʏs.seːs]

Ulyssēs m (genitive Ulyssis); third declension

1. Alternative form of Ulixēs

Third declension i-stem.

• Ulysses in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ulysses in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Ulysses

1. (Greek mythology) Ulysses (the hero of the Iliad and Odyssey), Latin name form of Odysseus

• The classic Swedish translations of Homer's works by Erland Lagerlöf in 1912 use the name Ulysses.

Borrowed from English Ulysses.

Ulysses

1. A male given name