"Sisyphus" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈsɪsɪfəs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|Σίσυφος}} Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sisyphus
  1. (Greek mythology) Son of Aeolus and Enarete, and king of Ephyra, as tragic figure doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology Derived forms: Sisyphus cooling, Sisyphean, Sisyphus effect Related terms: Glaucus Translations (figure): Σῑ́συφος (Sī́suphos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), سِيزِيف (sizif) [masculine] (Arabic), Sísif [masculine] (Catalan), 西西弗斯 (Xīxīfúsī) (Chinese Mandarin), Sisyfos [masculine] (Czech), Sisyphe [masculine] (French), Sisyphos [masculine] (German), Sisyphus [masculine] (German), Σίσυφος (Sísyfos) [masculine] (Greek), ᓰᓯᐳᔅ (siisipos) (Inuktitut), Sisifo [masculine] (Italian), シーシュポス (Shīshuposu) (Japanese), Syzyf [masculine] (Polish), Sísifo [masculine] (Portuguese), Sisif (Romanian), Сизи́ф (Sizíf) [masculine] (Russian), Sísifo [masculine] (Spanish), Sisyfos (Swedish), Sisifos (Turkish)

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