Oedipus

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See also: Œdipus, Ödipus, and Ødipus

English

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Etymology

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From the Latin Oedipus, from the Ancient Greek Οἰδίπους (Oidípous, swollen foot).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛdɪpəs/, /ˈiːdɪpəs/

Proper noun

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Oedipus

  1. (Greek mythology) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Οἰδίπους (Oidípous, apparently from οἰδάω (oidáō, to swell) +‎ πούς (poús, foot)).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Oedipūs or Oedipus m sg (variously declined, genitive Oedipodos or Oedipodis or Oedipī); third declension, second declension

  1. (Greek mythology) King of Thebes, son of Laius and Jocasta.

Declension

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Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant) or third-declension noun or second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Oedipūs
Oedipus
Genitive Oedipodos
Oedipodis
Oedipī
Dative Oedipodī
Oedipō
Accusative Oedipoda
Oedipodem
Oedipum
Ablative Oedipode
Oedipō
Vocative Oedipūs
Oedipe

References

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  • 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)