Sisyphus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪsɪfəs/

Proper noun

Sisyphus

tragic figure in Greek mythology doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades.

Derived terms

Sisyphean

Translations

figure

Arabic: سِيزِيف‎ m (sizif)
Catalan: Sísif (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 西西弗斯 (Xīxīfúsī)
Czech: Sisyfos m
French: Sisyphe (fr) m
German: Sisyphos m, Sisyphus m
Greek: Σίσυφος (el) m (Sísyfos)
Ancient: Σῑ́συφος m (Sī́suphos)

Inuktitut: ᓰᓯᐳᔅ (siisipus)
Italian: Sisifo m
Japanese: シーシュポス (Shīshuposu)
Polish: Syzyf (pl) m
Portuguese: Sísifo (pt) m
Russian: Си́зиф (ru) m (Sízif)
Spanish: Sísifo m
Swedish: Sisyfos

German

Etymology

Latin Sīsyphus (Sīsyphos), from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos)

Proper noun

Sisyphus m

Sisyphus

Derived terms

Sisyphusarbeit

Related terms

sisypheisch
sisyphisch

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