Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Pronounced: ED-i-pus

Latinized form of the Greek Οιδιπους (Oidipous), meaning "swollen foot" from οιδεω (oideo) "to swell" and πους (pous) "foot". In Greek legend Oedipus was the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly slew his father and married his mother.

 
 
 

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