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δαίδαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δαίδαλος

Structure: δαιδαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: redupl. from Root DAL

Sense

  1. cunningly or curiously wrought, cunning works
  2. Daedalus, the cunning worker, the artist

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative δαίδαλος δαίδαλον
Genitive δαιδάλου δαιδάλου
Dative δαιδάλῳ δαιδάλῳ
Accusative δαίδαλον δαίδαλον
Vocative δαίδαλε δαίδαλον
DualN/A/V δαιδάλω δαιδάλω
G/D δαιδάλοιν δαιδάλοιν
PluralNominative δαίδαλοι δαίδαλα
Genitive δαιδάλων δαιδάλων
Dative δαιδάλοις δαιδάλοις
Accusative δαιδάλους δαίδαλα
Vocative δαίδαλοι δαίδαλα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δαίδαλος δαιδάλου δαιδαλότερος δαιδαλοτέρου δαιδαλότατος δαιδαλοτάτου
Adverb δαιδάλως δαιδαλότερον δαιδαλότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἰδώσ σε πάντων διαφέροντα τῇ τέχνῃ τῇ τ’ ὀξύτητι μετὰ Θίβρωνα, Δαίδαλε, τὸν ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν, τὸν καλούμενον Πέρασ, δοὺσ μισθὸν ὃν μ’ ᾔτησασ ἥκω δεῦρ’ ἄγων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 40 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. cunningly or curiously wrought

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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