Οἰδίπους in Ancient Greek

IPA: /oi̯.dí.puːs/, /yˈði.pus/, /iˈði.pus/, /oi̯.dí.puːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /yˈdi.pus/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /yˈði.pus/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /yˈði.pus/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /iˈði.pus/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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. Etymology templates: {{m-g|with a swollen foot}} “with a swollen foot”, {{lit|with a swollen foot}} Literally, “with a swollen foot”, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*h₂oydros}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂oydros, {{cog|goh|eittar||pus}} Old High German eittar (“pus”) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Οἰδῐ́ποδος|m|third|head=Οἰδῐ́πους}} Οἰδῐ́πους • (Oidípous) m (genitive Οἰδῐ́ποδος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Οἰδῐ́πους|Οἰδῐ́ποδος|AS=Οἰδῐ́πουν/Οἰδῐ́ποδᾰ|VS=Οἰδῐ́που|form=MS}} Forms: Οἰδῐ́πους [canonical], Oidípous [romanization], Οἰδῐ́ποδος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ Οἰδῐ́πους [nominative, singular], τοῦ Οἰδῐ́ποδος [genitive, singular], τῷ Οἰδῐ́ποδῐ [dative, singular], τὸν Οἰδῐ́πουν [accusative, singular], Οἰδῐ́ποδᾰ [accusative, singular], Οἰδῐ́που [singular, vocative]

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"Οἰδίπους" meaning in Ancient Greek

Proper name