Oedipus
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From the Latin Oedipus, from the Ancient Greek Οἰδίπους (Oidípous, “swollen foot”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Oedipus
- (Greek mythology) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
Derived terms edit
- Oedipus complex
- Oedipal (adjective)
Translations edit
son of Laius and Jocasta
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Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Οἰδίπους (Oidípous, apparently from οἰδάω (oidáō, “to swell”) + πούς (poús, “foot”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈoe̯.di.puːs/, [ˈoe̯d̪ɪpuːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.di.pus/, [ˈɛːd̪ipus]
Proper noun edit
Oedipūs or Oedipus m sg (variously declined, genitive Oedipodos or Oedipodis or Oedipī); third declension, second declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant) or third-declension noun or second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Oedipūs Oedipus |
Genitive | Oedipodos Oedipodis Oedipī |
Dative | Oedipodī Oedipō |
Accusative | Oedipoda Oedipodem Oedipum |
Ablative | Oedipode Oedipō |
Vocative | Oedipūs Oedipe |
References edit
- “Oedipus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Oedipus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Oedipus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Oedipūs” on page 1365/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)