Laius

See also: laïus

English

Alternative forms

Laios

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ.əs/

Proper noun

Laius

(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
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) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.i̯us/, [ˈɫ̪äːi̯ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.jus/, [ˈläːjus]

Proper noun

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

(Greek mythology) Laius

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	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.

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