English

Alternative forms

• Œdipus (archaic)

Proper noun

Oedipus

1. (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) IPA^(key): /ˈoe̯.di.puːs/, [ˈoe̯.dɪ.puːs]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoe̯.di.pus/, [ˈoe̯.dɪ.pʊs]

Proper noun

Oedipūs m ‎(genitive Oedipodos or Oedipodis); third declension
Oedipus m ‎(genitive Oedipī); second declension

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

Inflection

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Oedipus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• “Oedipūs” on page 1365/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)