Οἰδίπους

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Οἰδῐ́πος (Oidĭ́pos) — Tragic, rare
• Οἰδῐπόδης (Oidĭpódēs) — Epic, Ionic
• Οἰδῐπόδᾱς (Oidĭpódās) — Doric, Lyric

Etymology

Literally, “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

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.dí.puːs/ → /yˈði.pus/ → /iˈði.pus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.dí.puːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /yˈdi.pus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈði.pus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈði.pus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈði.pus/

Proper noun

Οἰδῐ́πους • (Oidĭ́pous) m (genitive Οἰδῐ́ποδος or Οἰδῐ́που, variously declined); third declension, second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Oedipus

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Οἰδῐ́πους; τοῦ Οἰδῐ́ποδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Οἰδῐ́πους ho Oidĭ́pous	οἱ Οἰδῐ́ποδες hoi Oidĭ́podes
Genitive	τοῦ Οἰδῐ́ποδος toû Oidĭ́podos	τῶν Οἰδῐπόδων tôn Oidĭpódōn
Dative	τῷ Οἰδῐ́ποδῐ tōî Oidĭ́podĭ	τοῖς Οἰδῐ́ποσῐ / Οἰδῐ́ποσῐν toîs Oidĭ́posĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν Οἰδῐ́ποδᾰ tòn Oidĭ́podă	τοὺς Οἰδῐ́ποδᾰς toùs Oidĭ́podăs
Vocative	Οἰδῐ́πους Oidĭ́pous	Οἰδῐ́ποδες Oidĭ́podes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-δς (*-ds).

Second declension of ὁ Οἰδῐ́πους; τοῦ Οἰδῐ́που (Attic, Ionic, Tragic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Οἰδῐ́πους ho Oidĭ́pous
Genitive	τοῦ Οἰδῐ́που toû Oidĭ́pou
Dative	τῷ Οἰδῐ́πῳ tōî Oidĭ́pōi
Accusative	τὸν Οἰδῐ́πουν tòn Oidĭ́poun
Vocative	Οἰδῐ́που Oidĭ́pou
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

First declension of Οἰδῐπόδης; Οἰδῐπόδᾱο / Οἰδῐπόδεω / Οἰδῐπόδω (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Οἰδῐπόδης Oidĭpódēs
Genitive	Οἰδῐπόδᾱο / Οἰδῐπόδεω / Οἰδῐπόδω Oidĭpódāo / Oidĭpódeō / Oidĭpódō
Dative	Οἰδῐπόδῃ Oidĭpódēi
Accusative	Οἰδῐπόδην Oidĭpódēn
Vocative	Οἰδῐπόδη Oidĭpódē
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

First declension of ὁ Οἰδῐπόδης; τοῦ Οἰδῐπόδεω / Οἰδῐπόδω (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Οἰδῐπόδης ho Oidĭpódēs
Genitive	τοῦ Οἰδῐπόδεω / Οἰδῐπόδω toû Oidĭpódeō / Oidĭpódō
Dative	τῷ Οἰδῐπόδῃ tōî Oidĭpódēi
Accusative	τὸν Οἰδῐπόδην tòn Oidĭpódēn
Vocative	Οἰδῐπόδη Oidĭpódē
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

First declension of ὁ Οἰδῐπόδᾱς; τοῦ Οἰδῐπόδᾱο / Οἰδῐπόδᾱ (Doric, Lyric)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Οἰδῐπόδᾱς ho Oidĭpódās
Genitive	τοῦ Οἰδῐπόδᾱο / Οἰδῐπόδᾱ toû Oidĭpódāo / Oidĭpódā
Dative	τῷ Οἰδῐπόδᾳ tōî Oidĭpódāi
Accusative	τὸν Οἰδῐπόδᾱν tòn Oidĭpódān
Vocative	Οἰδῐπόδᾱ Oidĭpódā
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Οἰδῐπόδειᾰ (Oidĭpódeiă)
• Οἰδῐποδείᾱ (Oidĭpodeíā)
• Οἰδῐπόδειος (Oidĭpódeios)
• Οἰδῐπόδῐᾰ (Oidĭpódĭă)
• Οἰδῐποδῐ́ᾱ (Oidĭpodĭ́ā)
• Οἰδῐπόδῐος (Oidĭpódĭos)

Descendants

• Greek: Οιδίπους (Oidípous), Οιδίποδας (Oidípodas)
• → Latin: Oedipūs

References

• “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