Laiades

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?], from Λάιος (Láios) + -ίδης (-ídēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laːˈi.a.deːs/, [ɫ̪äːˈiäd̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈi.a.des/, [läˈiːäd̪es]

Proper noun

Lāiadēs m (genitive Lāiadae); first declension

1. A patronymic for male descendants of Laius, particularly:
   1. Oedipus (a tragic hero who ends up killing his father and marrying his mother)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Lāiadēs	Lāiadae
Genitive	Lāiadae	Lāiadārum
Dative	Lāiadae	Lāiadīs
Accusative	Lāiadēn	Lāiadās
Ablative	Lāiadē	Lāiadīs
Vocative	Lāiadē	Lāiadae

Related terms

• Lāius

References

• “Laiades”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press