Laius

• Laios

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ.əs/

Laius

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

• Aulis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λάϊος (Láïos).

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

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

1. (Greek mythology) Laius

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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

• “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.