oedipus
オイディプス
解説 Definition
Oedipus はギリシャ神話に登場する王オイディプスを指す固有名詞です。英語では通常 Oedipus と大文字で書かれ、文学や神話の話題で用いられます。
Oedipus is a king in Greek mythology whose attempt to escape a prophecy leads him unknowingly to kill his father and marry his mother. His story is central to Greek tragedy, especially Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
辞書の入力形は oedipus ですが、人名なので通常は Oedipus と大文字で書きます。ギリシャ語名は「腫れた」を表す要素と pous「足」から成り、幼少時に足を傷つけられた神話上の設定と結び付きます。the myth of Oedipus、a tragic king という文学・古典の定型場面で覚えましょう。
Although the entry is shown as oedipus, write Oedipus with a capital letter because it is a personal name. Connect the name with Greek elements traditionally understood as “swollen” and “foot,” recalling the myth that his feet were injured when he was an infant. Then place him in the typical contexts the myth of Oedipus and Oedipus as a tragic king. This distinguishes him from Orpheus, the legendary musician: Oedipus is remembered chiefly for prophecy, unknowingly killing his father, marrying his mother, and tragic self-discovery.
例文
The lecture introduced the myth of Oedipus.
その講義ではオイディプスの神話が紹介されました。
She wrote an essay about Oedipus for her classics class.
彼女は古典の授業のためにオイディプスについての小論文を書きました。
The play presents Oedipus as a tragic king.
その劇はオイディプスを悲劇的な王として描いています。
oedipus の類義語・関連語
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oedipus の語源・成り立ち Etymology
Oedipus はギリシャ語 Oidipous に由来し、oidi-「腫れる」+ pous/pod-「足」から成る名です。神話で足を傷つけられ腫れた子という設定が名前に埋め込まれており、名そのものが物語を語っています。関連語は podiatry, tripod。
The English name Oedipus comes through Latin from Greek Oidipous. It is traditionally analyzed using an element associated with swelling and pous, with the stem pod-, meaning “foot.” The name is thus commonly interpreted as “swollen-foot,” matching the story that the infant Oedipus had his feet pierced or bound. The foot element is also visible in Greek-derived English words such as podiatry and tripod.
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