Οἰδίπους
Ancient Greek
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editEtymology
editLiterally, “with a swollen foot”, showing the regular Caland system change */ro/ → */i/, as if from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oydros, whence also Old High German eittar (“pus”), + πούς (poús, “foot”). Compare οἰδέω (oidéō, “to swell”), from the same root.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /oi̯.dí.puːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /yˈdi.pus/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /yˈði.pus/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /yˈði.pus/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈði.pus/
Proper noun
editΟἰδῐ́πους • (Oidípous) m (genitive Οἰδῐ́ποδος); third declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Οἰδῐ́πους ho Oidípous | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Οἰδῐ́ποδος toû Oidípodos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Οἰδῐ́ποδῐ tôi Oidípodi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Οἰδῐ́πουν / Οἰδῐ́ποδᾰ tòn Oidípoun / Oidípoda | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Οἰδῐ́που Oidípou | ||||||||||||
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In verse, the genitive singular is Οἰδῐ́που (Oidípou).
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “Οἰδίπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Οἰδίπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1054
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