Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: ulysses
IPA transcription: [jul'ɪsiz]
Pronunciations of ulysses
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Ulysses
    Meaning: (Roman mythology) Roman spelling for Odysseus
Usage examples
  • One should part from life as Ulysses parted from Nausicaa--blessing it rather than in love with it.
  • This modern Ulysses made a masterful effort, but alas! had no ships to carry him away, and no wax with which to fill his ears.
  • I wish I were as certain of finding Ulysses returned when I get back to Ithaca, that I might tell him of the very great kindness you have shown me and of the many beautiful presents I am taking with me."
  • Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands, as was said of Ulysses, vetulam suam praetulit immortalitati. Chaste women are often proud and froward, as presuming upon the merit of their chastity.
  • The roan whickered; for he had a sense of locality and direction equal to that of a belt-line street-car horse; and he knew he would soon be nibbling the rich mesquite grass at the end of a forty-foot stake-rope while Ulysses rested his head in Circe's straw-roofed hut.
  • Ulysses answered, "I hope you may be as dear to the gods as you are to me, for having saved me from going about and getting into trouble; there is nothing worse than being always on the tramp; still, when men have once got low down in the world they will go through a great deal on behalf of their miserable bellies.
  • Ulysses answered, "Then you must have been a very little fellow, Eumaeus, when you were taken so far away from your home and parents. Tell me, and tell me true, was the city in which your father and mother lived sacked and pillaged, or did some enemies carry you off when you were alone tending sheep or cattle, ship you off here, and sell you for whatever your master gave them?"
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording NASA, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Ulysses (poem), License CC BY-SA 4.0