Oedipus

• Œdipus (archaic)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪpəs/, IPA^(key): /ˈiːdɪpəs/

Oedipus

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

• Oedipus complex
• Oedipal (adjective)

• Opus Dei

• Œdipūs, Œdipus

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoe̯.di.puːs/, [ˈoe̯.dɪ.puːs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.di.pus/, [ˈɛː.di.pus]

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.

• 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)