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Οἰδίπους

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Οἰδίπους

Structure: Οἰδιποδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: oi)de/w, pou/s

Sense

  1. Oedipus, the swollen footed

Examples

  • οἷσ ἑξῆσ ὁ Κιθαιρὼν καὶ τὰ Θηβαίων καὶ Λαβδακιδῶν πάθη καὶ Κάδμου ἐπιδημία καὶ βοὸσ ὄκλασισ καὶ ὄφεωσ ὀδόντεσ καὶ Σπαρτῶν ἀνάδοσισ καὶ αὖθισ τοῦ Κάδμου εἰσ δράκοντα μεταβολὴ καὶ πρὸσ λύραν τείχισισ καὶ μανία τοῦ τειχοποιοῦ καὶ τῆσ γυναικὸσ αὐτοῦ τῆσ Νιόβησ ἡ μεγαλαυχία καὶ ἡ ἐπὶ τῷ πένθει σιγὴ καὶ τὰ Πενθέωσ καὶ Ἀκταίωνοσ καὶ τὰ Οἰδίποδοσ καὶ Ἡρακλῆσ σὺν τοῖσ ἄθλοισ αὐτοῦ ἅπασιν καὶ ἡ τῶν παίδων σφαγή. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 41:2)
  • προγράφει δέ τισ αὐτοῦ πρὸ τῆσ σκηνῆσ τὴν τοῦ Οἰδίποδοσ ἀρχὴν μικρὸν παραλλάξασ· (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 46 5:4)
  • οὗτοι μὲν ἐξ Ἄργουσ, Πολυνείκησ <δὲ> Οἰδίποδοσ ἐκ Θηβῶν, Τυδεὺσ Οἰνέωσ Αἰτωλόσ, Παρθενοπαῖοσ Μελανίωνοσ Ἀρκάσ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 6 3:4)
  • Ἀντιγόνη δέ, μία τῶν Οἰδίποδοσ θυγατέρων, κρύφα τὸ Πολυνείκουσ σῶμα κλέψασα ἔθαψε, καὶ φωραθεῖσα ὑπὸ Κρέοντοσ αὐτοῦ τῷ τάφῳ ζῶσα ἐνεκρύφθη. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 7 1:2)
  • Πωλιανὸσ τοὺσ τρεῖσ, πρῶτοσ ἀπ’ Οἰδίποδοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 2282)

Synonyms

  1. Oedipus

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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