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Œdipus

Œdipus is the archaic spelling of Oedipus.

Meaning of Oedipus

Proper noun

Oedipus

  1. (Greek) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.

Questions about Œdipus

What is Œdipus the archaic spelling of?
Œdipus is the archaic spelling of Oedipus.

Words near Œdipus in the dictionary

  1. œdemateous
  2. œdematic
  3. œdematous
  4. œdemic
  5. Œdipal
  6. Œdipus
  7. œgophony
  8. œil-de-bœuf
  9. œil-de-perdrix
  10. œillade
  11. œillades

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Œdipus (page history and authors); Oedipus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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