unknowingly

imprūdens ( inpr-), entis, adj. [2. inprudens], not foreseeing, not anticipating or expecting, without knowing, unaware, ignorant, inconsiderate, inadvertent, imprudent (class.; syn.: inconsideratus, incautus, improvidus).

Absol.:

equites missi nocte iter conficiunt, imprudentes atque inopinantes hostes aggrediuntur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 3:

equites imprudentibus omnibus de improviso advolasse,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 36, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 1; id. B. C. 2, 3, 1; id. B. G. 5, 15, 3:

haec omnia imprudente L. Sulla facta esse certe scio,

without the knowledge of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21:

scripsi etiam illud quodam in libello, qui me imprudente et invito excidit,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

namque tu me inprudentem obrepseris,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 22:

plus hodie boni feci imprudens quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

unconsciously, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; cf. id. Heaut. 4, 1, 20:

adulescens,

inexperienced, id. Eun. 3, 1, 40:

probe horum facta imprudens depinxit senex,

without knowing it, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 38:

ut mihi imprudens M. Servilium praeterisse videare,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269 (cf. the opp. prudens praetereo, Hor. S. 1, 10, 88):

qua (definitione) tu etiam imprudens utebare nonnumquam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

quod ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

Quint. 12, 7, 8; 7, 1, 40:

numquam imprudentibus imber Obfuit, i. e. ignaris,

Verg. G. 1, 373 Serv. — Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

non imprudens consilium, si aditum haberet,

Petr. 102, 3: ne casu inprudentes suae naves in classem adversariorum inciderent, Auct. B. Afr. 11, 4.— Comp.:

quicquid horum ab imprudentioribus fiet (fieri autem nisi ab imprudentibus non potest), neglegendum,

Sen. Const. Sap. 19.— Sup.:

multa facit (sapiens), quae ab imprudentissimis aut aeque fieri videmus aut peritius aut exercitatius,

Sen. Ep. 90, 33; id. Const. Sap. 19, 1.—

With gen.:

imprudentes legis,

ignorant, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

religionis,

Liv. 31, 14, 7:

maris,

id. 34, 9, 9:

aetatum,

Quint. 1, 1, 20.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

frons tenera imprudensque laborum,

that has not experienced, Verg. G. 2, 372:

antiquitatis imprudens consuetudo,

Col. 3, 18, 1.—

With an object-clause:

non imprudens usurum eum rabie, qua, etc.,

Curt. 8, 8.—Hence, imprūdenter ( inpr-), adv., without foresight, unknowingly, ignorantly, inconsiderately, imprudently: etsi te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum judicaram, [p. 910] Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, 1; Cic. Ac. 1, 6, 22:

facere,

Nep. Han. 2, 6:

(Codrus) imprudenter rixam ciens interemptus est,

Vell. 1, 2, 1.— Comp.:

ad flammam accessit imprudentius,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 103.

imprūdens ( inpr-), entis, adj. [2. inprudens], not foreseeing, not anticipating or expecting, without knowing, unaware, ignorant, inconsiderate, inadvertent, imprudent (class.; syn.: inconsideratus, incautus, improvidus).

Absol.:

equites missi nocte iter conficiunt, imprudentes atque inopinantes hostes aggrediuntur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 3:

equites imprudentibus omnibus de improviso advolasse,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 36, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 1; id. B. C. 2, 3, 1; id. B. G. 5, 15, 3:

haec omnia imprudente L. Sulla facta esse certe scio,

without the knowledge of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21:

scripsi etiam illud quodam in libello, qui me imprudente et invito excidit,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

namque tu me inprudentem obrepseris,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 22:

plus hodie boni feci imprudens quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

unconsciously, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; cf. id. Heaut. 4, 1, 20:

adulescens,

inexperienced, id. Eun. 3, 1, 40:

probe horum facta imprudens depinxit senex,

without knowing it, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 38:

ut mihi imprudens M. Servilium praeterisse videare,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269 (cf. the opp. prudens praetereo, Hor. S. 1, 10, 88):

qua (definitione) tu etiam imprudens utebare nonnumquam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

quod ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

Quint. 12, 7, 8; 7, 1, 40:

numquam imprudentibus imber Obfuit, i. e. ignaris,

Verg. G. 1, 373 Serv. — Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

non imprudens consilium, si aditum haberet,

Petr. 102, 3: ne casu inprudentes suae naves in classem adversariorum inciderent, Auct. B. Afr. 11, 4.— Comp.:

quicquid horum ab imprudentioribus fiet (fieri autem nisi ab imprudentibus non potest), neglegendum,

Sen. Const. Sap. 19.— Sup.:

multa facit (sapiens), quae ab imprudentissimis aut aeque fieri videmus aut peritius aut exercitatius,

Sen. Ep. 90, 33; id. Const. Sap. 19, 1.—

With gen.:

imprudentes legis,

ignorant, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

religionis,

Liv. 31, 14, 7:

maris,

id. 34, 9, 9:

aetatum,

Quint. 1, 1, 20.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

frons tenera imprudensque laborum,

that has not experienced, Verg. G. 2, 372:

antiquitatis imprudens consuetudo,

Col. 3, 18, 1.—

With an object-clause:

non imprudens usurum eum rabie, qua, etc.,

Curt. 8, 8.—Hence, imprūdenter ( inpr-), adv., without foresight, unknowingly, ignorantly, inconsiderately, imprudently: etsi te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum judicaram, [p. 910] Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, 1; Cic. Ac. 1, 6, 22:

facere,

Nep. Han. 2, 6:

(Codrus) imprudenter rixam ciens interemptus est,

Vell. 1, 2, 1.— Comp.:

ad flammam accessit imprudentius,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 103.

imprūdens ( inpr-), entis, adj. [2. inprudens], not foreseeing, not anticipating or expecting, without knowing, unaware, ignorant, inconsiderate, inadvertent, imprudent (class.; syn.: inconsideratus, incautus, improvidus).

Absol.:

equites missi nocte iter conficiunt, imprudentes atque inopinantes hostes aggrediuntur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 3:

equites imprudentibus omnibus de improviso advolasse,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 36, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 1; id. B. C. 2, 3, 1; id. B. G. 5, 15, 3:

haec omnia imprudente L. Sulla facta esse certe scio,

without the knowledge of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21:

scripsi etiam illud quodam in libello, qui me imprudente et invito excidit,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

namque tu me inprudentem obrepseris,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 22:

plus hodie boni feci imprudens quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

unconsciously, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; cf. id. Heaut. 4, 1, 20:

adulescens,

inexperienced, id. Eun. 3, 1, 40:

probe horum facta imprudens depinxit senex,

without knowing it, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 38:

ut mihi imprudens M. Servilium praeterisse videare,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269 (cf. the opp. prudens praetereo, Hor. S. 1, 10, 88):

qua (definitione) tu etiam imprudens utebare nonnumquam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

quod ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

Quint. 12, 7, 8; 7, 1, 40:

numquam imprudentibus imber Obfuit, i. e. ignaris,

Verg. G. 1, 373 Serv. — Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

non imprudens consilium, si aditum haberet,

Petr. 102, 3: ne casu inprudentes suae naves in classem adversariorum inciderent, Auct. B. Afr. 11, 4.— Comp.:

quicquid horum ab imprudentioribus fiet (fieri autem nisi ab imprudentibus non potest), neglegendum,

Sen. Const. Sap. 19.— Sup.:

multa facit (sapiens), quae ab imprudentissimis aut aeque fieri videmus aut peritius aut exercitatius,

Sen. Ep. 90, 33; id. Const. Sap. 19, 1.—

With gen.:

imprudentes legis,

ignorant, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

religionis,

Liv. 31, 14, 7:

maris,

id. 34, 9, 9:

aetatum,

Quint. 1, 1, 20.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

frons tenera imprudensque laborum,

that has not experienced, Verg. G. 2, 372:

antiquitatis imprudens consuetudo,

Col. 3, 18, 1.—

With an object-clause:

non imprudens usurum eum rabie, qua, etc.,

Curt. 8, 8.—Hence, imprūdenter ( inpr-), adv., without foresight, unknowingly, ignorantly, inconsiderately, imprudently: etsi te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum judicaram, [p. 910] Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, 1; Cic. Ac. 1, 6, 22:

facere,

Nep. Han. 2, 6:

(Codrus) imprudenter rixam ciens interemptus est,

Vell. 1, 2, 1.— Comp.:

ad flammam accessit imprudentius,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 103.

imprūdens ( inpr-), entis, adj. [2. inprudens], not foreseeing, not anticipating or expecting, without knowing, unaware, ignorant, inconsiderate, inadvertent, imprudent (class.; syn.: inconsideratus, incautus, improvidus).

Absol.:

equites missi nocte iter conficiunt, imprudentes atque inopinantes hostes aggrediuntur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 3:

equites imprudentibus omnibus de improviso advolasse,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 36, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 1; id. B. C. 2, 3, 1; id. B. G. 5, 15, 3:

haec omnia imprudente L. Sulla facta esse certe scio,

without the knowledge of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21:

scripsi etiam illud quodam in libello, qui me imprudente et invito excidit,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

namque tu me inprudentem obrepseris,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 22:

plus hodie boni feci imprudens quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

unconsciously, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; cf. id. Heaut. 4, 1, 20:

adulescens,

inexperienced, id. Eun. 3, 1, 40:

probe horum facta imprudens depinxit senex,

without knowing it, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 38:

ut mihi imprudens M. Servilium praeterisse videare,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269 (cf. the opp. prudens praetereo, Hor. S. 1, 10, 88):

qua (definitione) tu etiam imprudens utebare nonnumquam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

quod ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

Quint. 12, 7, 8; 7, 1, 40:

numquam imprudentibus imber Obfuit, i. e. ignaris,

Verg. G. 1, 373 Serv. — Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

non imprudens consilium, si aditum haberet,

Petr. 102, 3: ne casu inprudentes suae naves in classem adversariorum inciderent, Auct. B. Afr. 11, 4.— Comp.:

quicquid horum ab imprudentioribus fiet (fieri autem nisi ab imprudentibus non potest), neglegendum,

Sen. Const. Sap. 19.— Sup.:

multa facit (sapiens), quae ab imprudentissimis aut aeque fieri videmus aut peritius aut exercitatius,

Sen. Ep. 90, 33; id. Const. Sap. 19, 1.—

With gen.:

imprudentes legis,

ignorant, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

religionis,

Liv. 31, 14, 7:

maris,

id. 34, 9, 9:

aetatum,

Quint. 1, 1, 20.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

frons tenera imprudensque laborum,

that has not experienced, Verg. G. 2, 372:

antiquitatis imprudens consuetudo,

Col. 3, 18, 1.—

With an object-clause:

non imprudens usurum eum rabie, qua, etc.,

Curt. 8, 8.—Hence, imprūdenter ( inpr-), adv., without foresight, unknowingly, ignorantly, inconsiderately, imprudently: etsi te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum judicaram, [p. 910] Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, 1; Cic. Ac. 1, 6, 22:

facere,

Nep. Han. 2, 6:

(Codrus) imprudenter rixam ciens interemptus est,

Vell. 1, 2, 1.— Comp.:

ad flammam accessit imprudentius,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 103.

in-scĭens, entis, adj., unknowing.

Without knowledge, unaware:

si peccavi, insciens feci,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 19:

nihil me insciente esse factum,

without my knowing it, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 3:

saepe jam Plus insciens quis fecit quam prudens boni,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 45; cf.

sq.: me apsente atque insciente,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 130:

utrum inscientem vultis contra foedera fecisse, an scientem?

Cic. Balb. 5, 13.— With de and abl.:

de eorum verbis,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 178 al. —

Ignorant, stupid, silly:

abi, sis, insciens,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 9. — Hence, adv.: inscĭenter, unknowingly, ignorantly, stupidly:

facere,

Cic. Top. 8, 32:

tuba inflata,

Liv. 25, 10, 4. — Sup.:

interpretari,

Hyg. Astr. 2, 12.

in-scĭens, entis, adj., unknowing.

Without knowledge, unaware:

si peccavi, insciens feci,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 19:

nihil me insciente esse factum,

without my knowing it, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 3:

saepe jam Plus insciens quis fecit quam prudens boni,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 45; cf.

sq.: me apsente atque insciente,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 130:

utrum inscientem vultis contra foedera fecisse, an scientem?

Cic. Balb. 5, 13.— With de and abl.:

de eorum verbis,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 178 al. —

Ignorant, stupid, silly:

abi, sis, insciens,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 9. — Hence, adv.: inscĭenter, unknowingly, ignorantly, stupidly:

facere,

Cic. Top. 8, 32:

tuba inflata,

Liv. 25, 10, 4. — Sup.:

interpretari,

Hyg. Astr. 2, 12.

ne-scĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a., not to know, to be ignorant (syn. ignoro):

hunc nescire sat scio de illā amicā,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 48:

nescis cui maledicas nunc viro,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 29:

nec me pudet fateri nescire, quod nesciam,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 60:

de Oropo opinor, sed certum nescio,

id. Att. 12, 23, 2:

quid nobis agendum sit, nescio,

id. ib. 7, 12, 2:

anima sit (animus) ignisve, nescio,

id. Tusc. 1, 25, 60:

nescis quantā cum expectatione sim te auditurus,

you cannot think, id. N. D. 3, 1, 2:

nescis, temeraria, nescis, Quem fugias,

Ov. M. 1, 514:

nobis omnia de te Quaerere, si nescis, maxima cura fuit,

id. H. 17, 197; 20, 150:

quod scis or scies, nescis, a formula used in advising another to keep a secret: ne tu hercle linguam comprimes Posthac: etiam illud quod scies nesciveris,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 89:

tu nescis id quod scis, Dromo, si sapies,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 26; id. Eun. 4, 4, 55.—With acc. and inf.:

nescibam id dicere illam,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 10:

nescit Agenorides natam parvumque nepotem Aequoris esse deos,

Ov. M. 4, 562.—With inf. alone:

nescire Tarquinios privatos vivere,

Liv. 2, 2, 3:

gens, quae victa quiescere nesciat,

id. 9, 3, 12; 22, 51, 4; Curt. 7, 7, 16; Just. 28, 3, 12; Aug. Serm. 330, 3.—

Pass.:

utrum consistere uspiam velit an mare transire nescitur,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 2:

talibus locis pruinarum vis et natura nescitur,

Pall. 11, 4, 2:

lis antea nescita,

unknown, Sid. Ep. 8, 6.—

Nescio quis, nescio quid, nescio quomodo, nescio an, used in an assertion to express uncertainty with regard to some particular contained [p. 1204] in it; and usually without influencing the mood of the following verb: nescio quis, I know not who, some one, somebody, a certain person: nescio quid, I know not what, something, some, a certain:

prope me hic nescio quis loquitur,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 9:

nescio quid profecto mihi animus praesagit mali,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 7:

nisi me forte Paconii nescio cujus querelis moveri putes,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6:

o pastores nescio quos cupidos litterarum,

id. Flacc. 17, 39; in affected ignorance, to denote that a thing is insignificant, small, mean, etc.:

fortasse non jejunum hoc nescio quid quod ego gessi, et contemnendum videtur,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 14:

quia nescio quid in philosophiā dissentiret,

a little, id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:

nescio quid litterularum,

a short letter, id. Att. 15, 4, 1:

rumoris nescio quid afflavit,

id. ib. 16, 5, 1:

causidicum nescio quem,

id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

nescio quid e quercu exsculpseram,

id. Att. 13, 28, 2:

sententiae nescio unde ex abdito erutae,

id. Or. 24, 79:

nescio quid etiam de Locrorum proelio,

id. N. D. 3, 5, 11:

mente nescio quā effrenatā atque praecipiti,

id. Cael. 15, 35:

illud nescio quod non fortuitum, sed divinum videbatur,

id. Fam. 7, 5, 2: nescio quid praeclarum, remarkable or extraordinary excellence, id. Arch. 7, 15:

fit enim, nescio quomodo, ut, etc.,

I know not how, id. Off. 1, 41, 146:

boni nescio quomodo tardiores sunt,

id. Sest. 47, 100:

qui, nescio quo modo, conspirant,

Nep. Alcib. 11, 1; id. Thras. 1, 3:

casu nescio quo,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 3:

alii nescio quo pacto obduruerunt,

id. ib. 5, 15, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 18:

sed ita fato nescio quo contigisse arbitror, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 13, 2; cf.:

contra rem suam me nescio quando venisse questus est,

id. Phil. 2, 2, 3: nescio an, I know not whether, probably, perhaps:

constantiam dico? nescio an melius patientiam possim dicere,

id. Lig. 9, 26:

sin illam alteram, nescio an amplius mihi negotii contrahatur,

id. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

ingens eo die res et nescio an maxima illo bello gesta sit,

Liv. 23, 16; v. the art. an.—

In partic.

Not to know, to be unacquainted with a person or thing (mostly poet.):

illa illum nescit,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 16:

non nescire hiemem,

Verg. G. 1, 391:

deos,

Luc. 1, 453:

litteras,

Sen. Clem. 2, 1:

vinum toto nescire Decembri,

i. e. to abstain from, Juv. 7, 97.—

Not to understand; to be unable:

non tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

Cic. Brut. 37, 140; Juv. 6, 188:

stare loco nescit, said of a horse,

Verg. G. 3, 84:

nescit vox missa reverti,

cannot be unsaid, Hor. A. P. 390.—

To be incapable:

Stoici omnino irasci nesciunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 18, 65:

qui nesciat irasci,

Juv. 10, 360.—Hence, nescĭens, entis, P. a., unknowing, ignorant, unaware (class. nescius):

ut nescientem sentiat te id sibi dare,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 59:

nesciens sui,

unconscious, App. Mag. p. 301, 9.—Hence, adv.: nescĭenter, unknowingly, ignorantly, Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 40.

Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

Oedipo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.

A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,

Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—

Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

Oedipodionidae fratres,

i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

ales,

i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

fratres,

id. ib. 10, 801.—

Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

Oedipo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.

A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,

Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—

Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

Oedipodionidae fratres,

i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

ales,

i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

fratres,

id. ib. 10, 801.—

Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

Oedipo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.

A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,

Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—

Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

Oedipodionidae fratres,

i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

ales,

i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

fratres,

id. ib. 10, 801.—

Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

Oedipo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.

A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,

Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—

Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

Oedipodionidae fratres,

i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

ales,

i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

fratres,

id. ib. 10, 801.—

Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.

Oedĭpus, ŏdis and i ( gen. Oedipŏdis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3; acc. Oedipum, id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Fat. 13, 30; abl. Oedipŏde, id. ib. 14, 33; Stat. Th. 7, 513:

Oedipo,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34; plur. acc. Oedipodas, Mart. 9, 26, 10), m., = Oidipous.

A king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta. He unwittingly killed his father; he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and unknowingly married his own mother, who had by him Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene, and Antigone;

when the incest was discovered, he put out his own eyes, and wandered forth to Athens, where a temple was afterwards dedicated to him,

Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; 242; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 470; 6, 609; Sen. Oedip.; Cic. Fat. 13, sq.; Varr. Sat. Men. 62, 1.—Prov. for a solver of enigmas:

isti orationi Oedipo Opus conjectore est, qui Sphingi interpres fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 34: Davus sum, non Oedipus, I am no Œdipus (that can solve all riddles), Ter. And. 1, 2, 23.—Hence,

Oedĭpŏdes, ae, m., = Oidipodês, a collat. form for Oedipus, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 289:

impii Oedipodae nuptiales faces,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 496; Stat. Th. 1, 48; 163; abl. Oedipoda, Sen. Oedip. 942.—

Oedĭpŏdĭa, ae, f., = Oidipodia, a fountain in Bœotia, named after Œdipus, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Œdipus; of Polyneices, Stat. Th. 1, 313:

Oedipodionidae fratres,

i. e. Eteocles and Polyneices, Aus. Epigr. 139; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 216.—

Oedĭpŏdīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Oidipodionios, of or belonging to Œdipus, Thebœ, Ov M. 15, 429; Luc. 8, 407 (where others read Oedipodionidas, from Oedipodionis, idis, f.):

ales,

i. e. Sphinx, Stat. Th. 2, 505:

fratres,

id. ib. 10, 801.—

Oedipus Colonēus, the title of a tragedy of Sophocles, Gr. Oidipous epi Kolônôi, Cic. Sen. 7, 22; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 12; and of a tragedy of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 56 ext.