- Οἰδίπους
- ΟἰδίπουςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: king of Thebes, son of Laios, who unknowing married his mother Iocaste after he had killed his father.Other forms: (-πος AP), -που, -πουν (Hdt., trag.), -ποδος (Apollod.), -ποδα (Plu.); besides after the patronymics as metr. variants of *Οἰδιπόδᾱς, -ης: gen. -πόδᾱο, -πόδᾱ, acc. -πόδᾱν (ep. poet.), -πόδεω (Hdt.) etc.; see Schwyzer 582, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 163 f., Sommer Nominalkomp. 38, Egli Heteroklisie 14 a. 17.Derivatives: Οἰδιπόδεια f. `the saga of Oidipus' (Arist.; after ἡ Όδύσσεια), also τὰ Οἰ-εια `id.' (Paus.) from Οἰδιπόδειος adj. (Plu., Paus.).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Prop. "with swollen foot", with regular change i : ro in Οἰδι- and IE *oid-ro- 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).Page in Frisk: 2,358-359
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.