Ulysses

From Latin Ulyssēs, a frequent alternative form of Ulixēs (“Odysseus”), influenced by the Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús). Doublet of Odysseus.

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

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Ulysses

1. (Roman mythology) Latin name form of Odysseus
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Introduction”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 138:

     "The truth is always a novelty," returned Kingston; "but I have always considered the patient Ulysses, the model of a classical coquette: you may get many useful hints from his career."

2. A male given name.
3. A city, the county seat of Grant County, Kansas, United States. Named after Ulysses S. Grant.

• Odysseus

A frequent alternative form of Ulixēs (“Odysseus”), influenced by the Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uˈlys.seːs/, [ʊˈlʲʏs̠ːeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /uˈlis.ses/, [uˈlisːes]

Ulyssēs m sg (genitive Ulyssis); third declension

1. Alternative form of Ulixēs

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

• “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 c (genitive 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.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjulisis/ [ˌjuː.lɪˈsis]
• Rhymes: -ulisis
• Syllabification: U‧ly‧sses

Úlyssés (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜎᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

1. a male given name from English