Odysseyn.

Brit.

/ˈɒdᵻsi/, U.S.

/ˈɑdəsi/

Forms: Old English Odissia, 1500s Odyssea, 1500s Odyssei, 1600s Odissaea, 1600s Odisse, 1600s Odysee, 1600s Odyssaea, 1600s–1700s Odysse, 1700s– Odyssey. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Odyssēa.

Etymology: < classical Latin Odyssēa (also Odissēa , Odyssīa ) < ancient Greek Ὀδύσσεια < the name of Ὀδυσσεύς Ulysses, a king of Ithaca (see note) + -ία -y suffix³. Compare French Odyssée (1798 in sense ‘account of voyages and adventures’, 1818 in sense 2, 1885 in figurative use).Traditionally (already in the Odyssey itself), Odysseus was thought to be so called because he was ‘hated by gods and men’, and the name derived from ancient Greek ὀδύσασθαι to hate (aorist middle) < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin odium odium n., but the true etymology of the word is unknown.

1. (The name of) one of two great hexametric epic poems of ancient Greece traditionally attributed to Homer (the other being the Iliad), which describes the ten years' wanderings of Odysseus (Ulysses) on his way home to Ithaca after the fall of Troy.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > specific epic poems

AeneidOE

OdysseyOE

Iliad1579

Ramayana1714

Theseid1725

Thebaïd1728

Cid1755

Mahabharata1768

Nibelungenlied1810

OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. iii. 162 Þas þing..þe man nemð Ylias and Odissia Omeri and Eneidos Virgilii. (Ilias, þæt beoð gewyn, and Odissia beoð gedwyld, swa Omerus on þære bec recð.)

1590 E. Spenser Let. to Sir W. Raleigh in Faerie Queene sig. Pp^v I haue followed all the antique Poets historicall, first Homere, who in the Persons of Agamemnon and Vlysses.., the one in his Ilias, the other in his Odysseis, [etc.].

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. L3 ^v If Homer were to write his Odyssea new.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 203 The Odysee or Ilias of Homer.

1658 A. Cokayne Small Poems 180 Homer his Iliads might have writ of you; And (as our fear prompts) his Odysses too.

1701 J. Swift Disc. Contests Nobles & Commons iii. 24 Several Passages in the Odysses.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. ii. 21 We will confine ourselves..to the Iliad, his noblest Work; tho' neither Aristotle, nor Horace give it the Preference, as I remember, to the Odyssey .

1775 R. Cumberland Choleric Man p. xii Cratinus in the comedy above mentioned ridicules the Odyssey, and thus the transition was made from person to performance, much to the advantage of society.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I xli. 23 Their Æneids, Iliads, and Odysseys.

1830 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets 131 The women of the Odyssey discover occasionally a modernism and a want of..simplicity.

1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 169 In the fourth Odyssey he is described as the slayer of Antilochos... In the eleventh Odyssey, he is named for his personal beauty.

1962 H. MacLennan in Canad. Lit. Summer 86/1 It never once occurred to me consciously that the events were paralleling the Odyssey.

1996 Civilization Mar.–Apr. 87/1 Adam..once read the ninth book of the Odyssey, in Greek, in what is believed to be the Cyclops's cave.

2. In extended use (frequently with lower-case initial): a long series of wanderings; a long adventurous journey. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > long or far > with adventures

Odyssey1886

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxvii. 284 This is a great epic, a great Odyssey of yours.

1889 Daily News 10 Oct. 4/7 He is on this odyssey of rebellion now, though we do not know precisely among what people, or at what Court.

1894 Westm. Gaz. 10 Aug. 8/1 The odysseys of historical [music] scores might form the subject of an interesting volume.

1899 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 326 Scraps of adventitious mineral that, after whole Odysseys of adventure, have come to rest within the shelter of a glass case.

1926 C. Connolly Let. 3 Aug. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 156 Soon I hope to be let out [sailing] alone to pursue my own odysseys.

1957 G. B. L. Wilson Dict. Ballet 230 The ballets..taking as their theme the odyssey of mortal man in love with some female spirit of the air or water.

1986 A. C. Clarke Songs of Distant Earth iii. xvi. 53 The four-billion-year odyssey from amoeba to Man.

2000 Leyland's Austral. Winter 6/2 Our odyssey began in Brisbane and took us north to Rockhampton, then west to the sapphire fields and opal fields.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	odyssey
释义	Odysseyn. Brit. /ˈɒdᵻsi/, U.S. /ˈɑdəsi/ Forms: Old English Odissia, 1500s Odyssea, 1500s Odyssei, 1600s Odissaea, 1600s Odisse, 1600s Odysee, 1600s Odyssaea, 1600s–1700s Odysse, 1700s– Odyssey. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Odyssēa. Etymology: < classical Latin Odyssēa (also Odissēa , Odyssīa ) < ancient Greek Ὀδύσσεια < the name of Ὀδυσσεύς Ulysses, a king of Ithaca (see note) + -ία -y suffix³. Compare French Odyssée (1798 in sense ‘account of voyages and adventures’, 1818 in sense 2, 1885 in figurative use).Traditionally (already in the Odyssey itself), Odysseus was thought to be so called because he was ‘hated by gods and men’, and the name derived from ancient Greek ὀδύσασθαι to hate (aorist middle) < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin odium odium n., but the true etymology of the word is unknown. 1. (The name of) one of two great hexametric epic poems of ancient Greece traditionally attributed to Homer (the other being the Iliad), which describes the ten years' wanderings of Odysseus (Ulysses) on his way home to Ithaca after the fall of Troy. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > specific epic poems AeneidOE OdysseyOE Iliad1579 Ramayana1714 Theseid1725 Thebaïd1728 Cid1755 Mahabharata1768 Nibelungenlied1810 OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. iii. 162 Þas þing..þe man nemð Ylias and Odissia Omeri and Eneidos Virgilii. (Ilias, þæt beoð gewyn, and Odissia beoð gedwyld, swa Omerus on þære bec recð.) 1590 E. Spenser Let. to Sir W. Raleigh in Faerie Queene sig. Pp^v I haue followed all the antique Poets historicall, first Homere, who in the Persons of Agamemnon and Vlysses.., the one in his Ilias, the other in his Odysseis, [etc.]. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. L3 ^v If Homer were to write his Odyssea new. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 203 The Odysee or Ilias of Homer. 1658 A. Cokayne Small Poems 180 Homer his Iliads might have writ of you; And (as our fear prompts) his Odysses too. 1701 J. Swift Disc. Contests Nobles & Commons iii. 24 Several Passages in the Odysses. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. ii. 21 We will confine ourselves..to the Iliad, his noblest Work; tho' neither Aristotle, nor Horace give it the Preference, as I remember, to the Odyssey . View more context for this quotation 1775 R. Cumberland Choleric Man p. xii Cratinus in the comedy above mentioned ridicules the Odyssey, and thus the transition was made from person to performance, much to the advantage of society. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I xli. 23 Their Æneids, Iliads, and Odysseys. 1830 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets 131 The women of the Odyssey discover occasionally a modernism and a want of..simplicity. 1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 169 In the fourth Odyssey he is described as the slayer of Antilochos... In the eleventh Odyssey, he is named for his personal beauty. 1962 H. MacLennan in Canad. Lit. Summer 86/1 It never once occurred to me consciously that the events were paralleling the Odyssey. 1996 Civilization Mar.–Apr. 87/1 Adam..once read the ninth book of the Odyssey, in Greek, in what is believed to be the Cyclops's cave. 2. In extended use (frequently with lower-case initial): a long series of wanderings; a long adventurous journey. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > long or far > with adventures Odyssey1886 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxvii. 284 This is a great epic, a great Odyssey of yours. 1889 Daily News 10 Oct. 4/7 He is on this odyssey of rebellion now, though we do not know precisely among what people, or at what Court. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 10 Aug. 8/1 The odysseys of historical [music] scores might form the subject of an interesting volume. 1899 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 326 Scraps of adventitious mineral that, after whole Odysseys of adventure, have come to rest within the shelter of a glass case. 1926 C. Connolly Let. 3 Aug. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 156 Soon I hope to be let out [sailing] alone to pursue my own odysseys. 1957 G. B. L. Wilson Dict. Ballet 230 The ballets..taking as their theme the odyssey of mortal man in love with some female spirit of the air or water. 1986 A. C. Clarke Songs of Distant Earth iii. xvi. 53 The four-billion-year odyssey from amoeba to Man. 2000 Leyland's Austral. Winter 6/2 Our odyssey began in Brisbane and took us north to Rockhampton, then west to the sapphire fields and opal fields. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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