Orpheus

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀρφεύς (Orpheús), built from an uncertain root with the -εύς (-eús) suffix. Perhaps root-cognate to Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “orphan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹfi.əs/, /ˈɔɹfjuːs/ (compare to Zeus, Odysseus, Morpheus, Proteus)

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Orpheus

2. (Greek mythology) A Thracian musician and poet, who failed to retrieve his wife Eurydice from Hades.
3. (rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Derived terms

• orpharion
• Orphic
• Orphism

Translations

the musician who searched for Eurydice

Albanian: Orfeu m Arabic: أُورْفِيُوس m (ʔūrfiyūs) Armenian: Օրփեոս (hy) (Ōrpʻeos) Basque: Orfeo Belarusian: Арфе́й m (Arfjéj) Bengali: ওর্ফেউস (ōrpheus), অর্ফিয়াস (orphiẏaś) Breton: Orfeüs m Bulgarian: Орфей m (Orfej) Catalan: Orfeu m Chinese: Mandarin: 俄耳甫斯 (zh) (É'ěrfǔsī) Czech: Orfeus m Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: Orpheus m Esperanto: Orfeo (eo) Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: Orfeus French: Orphée (fr) m Friulian: please add this translation if you can Galician: Orfeo (gl) m Georgian: ორფეოსი (orpeosi) German: Orpheus (de) m Central Franconian: Orpheus (Kölsch) Greek: Ορφέας (el) m (Orféas), Ορφεύς (el) m (Orféfs) Ancient: Ὀρφεύς m (Orpheús) Gujarati: ઓર્ફિયસ m (orphiyas) Hebrew: אורפיאוס m Hungarian: Orpheusz Indonesian: Orfeus Interlingua: Orpheo Inuktitut: ᐆᕐᐱᐅᔅ (oorpios) Irish: Oirféas m Italian: Orfeo (it) m Japanese: オルフェウス (Orufeusu) Kannada: ಆರ್ಫೀಯಸ್ (ārphīyas) Korean: 오르페우스 (oreupe'useu) Latin: Orphe͡us m Latvian: Orfejs m Lithuanian: Orfėjas m Lombard: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: Орфеј m (Orfej) Marathi: ऑर्फियस m (ŏrphiyas) Norwegian: Bokmål: Orfeus m Nynorsk: Orfevs m Occitan: Orfèu m Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can Polish: Orfeusz m Portuguese: Orfeu (pt) m Romagnol: please add this translation if you can Romanian: Orfeu m Russian: Орфе́й (ru) m (Orféj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: О̀рфеј m Roman: Òrfej (sh) m Slovak: Orfeus m Slovene: Orfej (sl) m Spanish: Orfeo m Swedish: Orfeus c Tatar: Orfey Telugu: ఓర్ఫియాస్ (ōrphiyās) Turkish: Orfe Ukrainian: Орфе́й m (Orféj)

male given name

Bulgarian: Орфей m (Orfej) Chinese: Mandarin: 奧菲厄斯 / 奥菲厄斯 (Àofēi'èsī) Hebrew: אורפיאוס m Italian: Orfeo (it) Marathi: ऑर्फियस m (ŏrphiyas)

Further reading

• Orpheus in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Peshour, uphroes, ephorus, upshore, shore up

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Orpheus, from Ancient Greek.

Proper noun

Orpheus

1. (Greek mythology) Orpheus
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρφεύς (Orpheús).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔr.pʰɛu̯s]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔr.feu̯s]

Proper noun

Orphe͡us m sg (genitive Orpheī or Orpheos); second declension

1. Orpheus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Orphe͡us
genitive	Orpheī Orpheos
dative	Orpheō
accusative	Orpheum Orphea
ablative	Orpheō
vocative	Orphe͡u

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρφεῖος (Orpheîos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔrˈpʰeː.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [orˈfɛː.us]

Adjective

Orphēus (feminine Orphēa, neuter Orphēum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Orphean

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Orphēus	Orphēa	Orphēum		Orphēī	Orphēae	Orphēa
genitive	Orphēī	Orphēae	Orphēī		Orphēōrum	Orphēārum	Orphēōrum
dative	Orphēō	Orphēae	Orphēō		Orphēīs
accusative	Orphēum	Orphēam	Orphēum		Orphēōs	Orphēās	Orphēa
ablative	Orphēō	Orphēā	Orphēō		Orphēīs
vocative	Orphēe	Orphēa	Orphēum		Orphēī	Orphēae	Orphēa

Related terms

• Orphaicus
• Orphicus

References

• “Orpheus (dissyl.)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Orpheus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1094.