Latin

Alternative forms

• Ulyssēs

Proper noun

Ulixēs m ‎(genitive Ulixis); third declension

1. Odysseus (Ulysses)

Usage notes

Lexicographers and grammarians consider the spelling Ulixēs to be correct for Classical Latin, but the form Ulyssēs is not uncommon, especially in later periods and in languages descended from Latin.

Inflection

• Usually inflected as a third-declension noun, but sometimes inflected as a fifth-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: Ulisses
• English: Ulysses
• French: Ulysse

References

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