Laius

See also: laïus

English

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Laius

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Alternative forms

• Laios

Etymology

From Latin Lāius, from Ancient Greek Λᾱ́ῐ̈ος (Lā́ĭ̈os).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ.əs/

Proper noun

Laius

1. (Greek mythology) The father of Oedipus and husband of Jocasta

Translations

father of Oedipus and husband of Jocasta

Belarusian: Лай m (Laj) Bulgarian: Лай m (Laj) Catalan: Laios m Chinese: Mandarin: 拉伊俄斯 (Lāyī'ésī) Czech: Láios m Esperanto: Laio Finnish: Laios French: Laïus (fr) m, Laïos (fr) m Georgian: ლაიოსი (laiosi) German: Laios m Greek: Λάιος (el) m (Láios) Ancient: Λάϊος m (Láïos) Italian: Laio m Japanese: ラーイオス (Rāiosu) Korean: 라이오스 (raioseu) Latin: Lāius m Polish: Lajos (pl) m Portuguese: Laio m, Laios m Russian: Лай (ru) m (Laj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Лај m Roman: Laj m Spanish: Layo m Ukrainian: Лай m (Laj)

Anagrams

• Aulis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λάϊος (Láïos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫaː.jʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlaː.jus]

Proper noun

Lāius m sg (genitive Lāiī or Lāī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Laius

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lāius
genitive	Lāiī Lāī1
dative	Lāiō
accusative	Lāium
ablative	Lāiō
vocative	Lāī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “Laius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Laius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “Laius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.