Ὀδυσσεύς

Alternative forms

 * — the earliest epigraphic form
 * — the earliest epigraphic form
 * — the earliest epigraphic form
 * — the earliest epigraphic form
 * — the earliest epigraphic form
 * — the earliest epigraphic form
 * — the earliest epigraphic form
 * — the earliest epigraphic form

Etymology
According to M. L. West, (Aeolic-)Ionian epics and dependent traditions have δ-forms while in all mainland Greece and most colonies only the λ-forms are attested. It is unclear which ones are older, and it is thought that the connection of the name with the Trojan War probably is secondary. Kretschmer believed that δ-forms are secondary and due to a paronymic attraction to a verb discussed below, while Solmsen, on the contrary, proposed that λ-forms actually originate in dissimilation of dentals.

The etymology of the name is contested. Ancient authors (beginning with the Odyssey (19.406 sqq.) link it to the verb, which is from , but a non-Greek or even a non-Indo-European origin seems more likely. Beekes tentatively reconstructed the source as *Od/luk$y$eu.

Proper noun

 * 1) Odysseus

Descendants

 * ; Ulixes; Ulysses
 * ; Ulixes; Ulysses