Ulysses

(u-lis's rez.) L.;Gr. ODYSSEUS.] (Her. Hist.) The great Greek hero, son of Laertes, and king of Ithaca. He was, according to the Iliad and Ody ey (the latter of which is the story of his wanderings in returning from Troy), the most astute of all the Greeks, and his achievements at Troy most materially a isted the succe of the expedition. His adventures during his long wanderings were numberle , but he at length reached his home, and delivered his wife Penelope from the importunities of her suitors. (oo mah.) (Hind. Myth.) A godde , wife of the deity Siva, worshipped in many parts of India under various names. (oo-mah-til'lah,)in Oregon, a N.E.co., skirted by Washington Ter.; C. Umatilla. Pop. 2,916. (um'běl.) [From L. um bell a, a little shade.] (Bot.) An inflorescence in which the stalks radiate from a common point, and the expansion of the flowers is centripetal. (-běl'la-leez.) (Bot.) An all. of plants, sub-cla Epigynous Exogens, characterized by dichlamydeous polypetalous flowers, solitary large seeds, and a small embryo lying in a large quantity of albumen. [s. 917]