Ὀδύσσεια

See also: Ὀδυσσεία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ὀδῠσσείᾱ (Odusseíā)

Etymology

From Ὀδῠσσεύς (Odusseús, “Odysseus”) +‎ -ιᾰ (-ia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.dýs.seː.a/ → /oˈðys.si.a/ → /oˈði.si.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.dýs.seː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈdys.si.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈðys.si.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈðys.si.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈði.si.a/

Proper noun

Ὀδῠ́σσειᾰ • (Odússeia) f (genitive Ὀδῠσσείᾱς); first declension

1. the Odyssey

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ὀδῠ́σσειᾰ; τῆς Ὀδῠσσείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ὀδῠ́σσειᾰ hē Odússeia
Genitive	τῆς Ὀδῠσσείᾱς tês Odusseíās
Dative	τῇ Ὀδῠσσείᾳ têi Odusseíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ὀδῠ́σσειᾰν tḕn Odússeian
Vocative	Ὀδῠ́σσειᾰ Odússeia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Odyssey
• Greek: Οδύσσεια (Odýsseia)
• Japanese: オデュッセイア (Odyusseia)
• Latin: Odyssea
  • French: Odyssée
    • Vietnamese: Ô-đi-xê
  • German: Odyssee
  • Italian: Odissea
  • Portuguese: Odisseia
  • Sicilian: Adissea, Udissea
  • Spanish: Odisea
• Russian: Одиссея (Odisseja)

References

• “Ὀδύσσεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ὀδύσσεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers