"Ulixes" meaning in Latin

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Proper name

IPA: [ʊˈlɪk.seːs] [Classical-Latin], [uˈlik.ses] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: According to Visser, from dialectal (probably Doric) Ancient Greek Οὐλίξης (Oulíxēs, “Odysseus”), itself from a Pre-Greek source tentatively reconstructed by Beekes as *Od/lukʸeu. Compare Etruscan 𐌖𐌈𐌖𐌆𐌄 (uθuze) and Sicel Οὐλίξης (Oulíxēs). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:bor|grc:Οὐλίξης<id:Odysseus>|id=Odysseus}}, {{bor|la|grc|Οὐλίξης||Odysseus}} Ancient Greek Οὐλίξης (Oulíxēs, “Odysseus”), {{der|la|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek, {{sup|y}} ʸ, {{cog|ett|𐌖𐌈𐌖𐌆𐌄}} Etruscan 𐌖𐌈𐌖𐌆𐌄 (uθuze), {{cog|scx|Οὐλίξης}} Sicel Οὐλίξης (Oulíxēs) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Ulixēs<3>|acc_sg=Ulixem/Ulixēn|g=m|gen_sg=Ulixis/Ulixī/Ulixeī}} Ulixēs m sg (genitive Ulixis or Ulixī or Ulixeī); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Ulixēs<3>|acc_sg=Ulixem/Ulixēn|gen_sg=Ulixis/Ulixī/Ulixeī}} Forms: Ulixēs [canonical, masculine, singular], Ulixis [genitive], Ulixī [genitive], Ulixeī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Ulixēs [nominative, singular], Ulixis [genitive, singular], Ulixī [genitive, singular], Ulixeī [genitive, singular], Ulixī [dative, singular], Ulixem [accusative, singular], Ulixēn [accusative, singular], Ulixe [ablative, singular], Ulixēs [singular, vocative], Ulyssēs [alternative]
  1. Odysseus (Ulysses) Tags: declension-3
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