Laius, A king of Thehes, and father of Oedipus, whome Oedipus vnwares slue in battaile, and wedded bis wife which was also Oedipus mother, called Iocasta, Reade after in Oedipus.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Lāĭus or Lajus, i (voc. Lai, Stat. Th. 7, 355), m., = *la/ios, son of Labdacus, king of Thebes, and father of dipus, Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 71; id. Fat. 13, 30; Stat. Th. 2, 7; 66. —Hence, Lāĭădes, ae, m., a male descendant of Laius, i. e. dipus, Ov. M. 7, 759.