Oedipus

== English == === Alternative forms === Œdipus (archaic) Edipus (obsolete) === Etymology === From the Latin Oedipus, from the Ancient Greek Οἰδίπους (Oidípous, “swollen foot”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛdɪpəs/, /ˈiːdɪpəs/ === Proper noun === Oedipus (Greek mythology) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. ==== Derived terms ==== Oedipus complex Oedipal (adjective) ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Opus Dei == Latin == === Alternative forms === Œdipūs, Œdipus === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Οἰδίπους (Oidípous, apparently from οἰδάω (oidáō, “to swell”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈoe̯.dɪ.puːs], [ˈoe̯.dɪ.pʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.di.pus] === Proper noun === Oedipūs or Oedipus m sg (genitive Oedipodos or Oedipodis or Oedipī); variously declined, third declension, second declension (Greek mythology) King of Thebes, son of Laius and Jocasta. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant) or third-declension noun or second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “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)