δαίδαλος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δαιδάλλω (daidállō, “work, craft”), from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to hew, to split”, verbal root). However, according to Beekes, both words are from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dǎi̯.da.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.da.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðɛ.ða.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðe.ða.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðe.ða.los/
Adjective
δαίδᾰλος • (daídălos) m or f (neuter δαίδᾰλον); second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | δαίδᾰλος daídălos |
δαίδᾰλον daídălon |
δαιδᾰ́λω daidắlō |
δαιδᾰ́λω daidắlō |
δαίδᾰλοι daídăloi |
δαίδᾰλᾰ daídălă | ||||||||
| Genitive | δαιδᾰ́λου daidắlou |
δαιδᾰ́λου daidắlou |
δαιδᾰ́λοιν daidắloin |
δαιδᾰ́λοιν daidắloin |
δαιδᾰ́λων daidắlōn |
δαιδᾰ́λων daidắlōn | ||||||||
| Dative | δαιδᾰ́λῳ daidắlōi |
δαιδᾰ́λῳ daidắlōi |
δαιδᾰ́λοιν daidắloin |
δαιδᾰ́λοιν daidắloin |
δαιδᾰ́λοις daidắlois |
δαιδᾰ́λοις daidắlois | ||||||||
| Accusative | δαίδᾰλον daídălon |
δαίδᾰλον daídălon |
δαιδᾰ́λω daidắlō |
δαιδᾰ́λω daidắlō |
δαιδᾰ́λους daidắlous |
δαίδᾰλᾰ daídălă | ||||||||
| Vocative | δαίδᾰλε daídăle |
δαίδᾰλον daídălon |
δαιδᾰ́λω daidắlō |
δαιδᾰ́λω daidắlō |
δαίδᾰλοι daídăloi |
δαίδᾰλᾰ daídălă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| δαιδᾰ́λως daidắlōs |
δαιδᾰλώτερος daidălṓteros |
δαιδᾰλώτᾰτος daidălṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Related terms
- δαιδάλεος (daidáleos)
Further reading
- “δαίδαλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δαίδαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δαίδαλον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δαίδαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “δαίδαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δαίδαλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.