Odysseus

noun

Odys·​seus ō-ˈdi-sē-əs 

-ˈdis-yəs,

-ˈdi-shəs,

-ˈdi-ˌshüs

: a king of Ithaca and Greek leader in the Trojan War who after the war wanders 10 years before reaching home

Examples of Odysseus in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the clock was ticking for Intuitive Machines' Odysseus spacecraft after touching down on February 22 near the Moon's south pole. —Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2024

Most recently, a private lunar lander called Odysseus successfully landed on the moon in the first U.S. mission to the moon since NASA ended the Apollo program in 1972. —Devika Rao, theweek, 6 Mar. 2024

Earlier this week, the company posted images from Odysseus’ journey to the moon showing Earth in the background. —Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2024

Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander, nicknamed Odysseus, was orbiting the moon on Wednesday and is expected to make a soft landing on the surface at 5:49 p.m. ET Thursday, reports CNN. —Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2024

Founded in 2013, the company—with just 389 employees—is working with public and private sectors to develop a commercial economy on and around the moon, so Odysseus carried both scientific equipment for NASA and payloads for commercial firms. —Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 30 May 2024

Within a week of landing near the south pole, Odysseus was on the verge of powering down for good. —Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024

First image of Odysseus on the moon released after historic landing This is the second sample return mission for the CNSA after Chang'e 5 in 2020, which collected about 61 ounces of samples from the bear side of the moon. —Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 2 May 2024

Hero, the enslaved man at the center of the trilogy, eventually adopts the moniker Ulysses, which is both the Roman version of the name Odysseus and the name of Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army. —Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Greek

First Known Use

1616, in the meaning defined above