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/
Proper noun
Δαίδᾰλος • (Daídalos) m (genitive Δαιδᾰ́λου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Δαίδᾰλος ho Daídalos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Δαιδᾰ́λου toû Daidálou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Δαιδᾰ́λῳ tôi Daidálōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Δαίδᾰλον tòn Daídalon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Δαίδᾰλε Daídale | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “Δαίδαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Δαίδαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Δαίδαλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Δαίδαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “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, page 1,008