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|Definition=[ῐ], ὁ, (οἰδέω, πούς) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[Oedipus]], i. e. <b class="b2">the swollen-footed</b>. cf. <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Ph.</span>27</span> : gen. Οἰδίποδος <span class="bibl">Apollod.3.6.3</span> (but in Trag. always <b class="b3">Οἰδίπου</b>, as if from <b class="b3">Οἰδίπος</b>, which occurs in <span class="title">AP</span>7.429 (Alc.)) : acc. <b class="b3">Οἰδίπουν</b> Trag., later Οἰδίποδα Plu.2.193d, <span class="bibl">Paus.9.2.4</span>, etc. : voc. Οἰδίπου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span> 405</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>557</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Choerob. <span class="title">in Theod.</span>1.210</span> H., and Οἰδίπους <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>740</span>, al., Choerob. l.c. :—collat. form Οἰδιπόδης, ὁ, gen. Οἰδιπόδαο <span class="bibl">Il.23.679</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.11.271</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>163</span> ; Dor. contr. Οἰδιπόδα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.263</span>, and in lyr. passages of Trag., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>725</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>496</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>380</span> ; Ion. Οἰδιπόδεω <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.149</span> : acc. <b class="b3">Οἰδιπόδαν</b> in lyr., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>752</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>222</span> : dat. Οἰδιπόδῃ <span class="bibl">Thebaïs 2</span> : voc. Οἰδιπόδα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1195</span> (lyr.) :—Adj. Οἰδιπόδειος, α, ον, or ος, ον, [[of Oedipus]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sull.</span>19</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.9.18.5</span> (ubi vulg. <b class="b3">-ποδία</b>): <b class="b3">Οἰδιπόδεια</b> (vulg. <b class="b3">-ια</b>), τά, <b class="b2">the tale of Oedipus</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.9.5.11</span> ; or <b class="b3">Οἰδιπόδεια, ἡ,</b> <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>628</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>14.1292ii 11, Sch.<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1760</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: king of Thebes, son of Laios, who unknowing married his mother Iocaste after he had killed his father.<br />Other forms: (<b class="b3">-πος</b> AP), <b class="b3">-που</b>, <b class="b3">-πουν</b> (Hdt., trag.), <b class="b3">-ποδος</b> (Apollod.), <b class="b3">-ποδα</b> (Plu.); besides after the patronymics as metr. variants of <b class="b3">&#42;Οἰδιπόδας</b>, <b class="b3">-ης</b>: gen. <b class="b3">-πόδαο</b>, <b class="b3">-πόδα</b>, acc. <b class="b3">-πόδαν</b> (ep. poet.), <b class="b3">-πόδεω</b> (Hdt.) etc.; see Schwyzer 582, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 163 f., Sommer Nominalkomp. 38, Egli Heteroklisie 14 a. 17.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">Οἰδιπόδεια</b> f. <b class="b2">the saga of Oidipus</b> (Arist.; after <b class="b3">ἡ Όδύσσεια</b>), also <b class="b3">τὰ Οἰ-εια</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Paus.) from <b class="b3">Οἰδιπόδειος</b> adj. (Plu., Paus.).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: Prop. "with swollen foot", with regular change [[i]] : [[ro]] in <b class="b3">Οἰδι-</b> and IE <b class="b2">&#42;oid-ro-</b> in Germ., e.g. OHG [[eittar]], s. [[οἰδέω]]. Improbable on the meaning of the first element Schröder Gymnasium 63, 72 ff. (to OIcl. [[eista]] [[testicle]]); quite hypothetic Kretschmer Glotta 12, 59 f. (chthonic interpretation).