Sisyphus

From Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪsɪfəs/

Sisyphus

1. (Greek mythology) Son of Aeolus and Enarete, and king of Ephyra, as tragic figure doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Proposal of Marriage”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 132:

     Indeed, I have looked upon the fable of Sisyphus as an allegory, and that his wife was the stone which so perpetually rolled back upon his hands, effectually retarding his weary progress up-hill.

• Sisyphus cooling
• Sisyphean
• Sisyphus effect

• Glaucus

• Sisyphus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sisyphus in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

• Sisyphos

Borrowed from Latin Sīsyphus, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈziːzyfʊs/
• Hyphenation: Si‧sy‧phus

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Sisyphus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Sisyphus)

1. (Greek mythology) Sisyphus

• Sisyphusarbeit

• sisypheisch

• “Sisyphus” in Duden online
• “Sisyphus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache