Laius

See also: laïus

English

Alternative forms

• Laios

Etymology

From Latin Lāius, from Ancient Greek Λᾱ́ῐ̈ος (Lā́ïos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ.əs/

Proper noun

Laius

1. (Greek mythology) The father of Oedipus and husband of Jocasta

Translations

father of Oedipus and husband of Jocasta

• Belarusian: Лай m (Laj)
• Bulgarian: Лай m (Laj)
• Catalan: Laios m
• Czech: Láios m
• Esperanto: Laio
• Finnish: Laios
• French: Laïus (fr) m, Laïos (fr) m
• Georgian: ლაიოსი (laiosi)
• German: Laios m
• Greek: Λάιος (el) m (Láios)

  Ancient: Λάϊος m (Láïos)

• Italian: Laio m
• Japanese: ラーイオス (Rāiosu)
• Korean: 라이오스 (raioseu)
• Latin: Lāius m
• Polish: Lajos (pl) m
• Portuguese: Laio m, Laios m
• Russian: Лай (ru) m (Laj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лај m

  Roman: Laj m

• Spanish: Layo m
• Ukrainian: Лай m (Laj)

Anagrams

• Aulis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λάϊος (Láïos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.i̯us/, [ˈɫ̪äːi̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.jus/, [ˈläːjus]

Proper noun

Lāius m sg (genitive Lāiī or Lāī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Laius

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lāius
Genitive	Lāiī Lāī1
Dative	Lāiō
Accusative	Lāium
Ablative	Lāiō
Vocative	Lāī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “Laius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Laius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Laius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.