Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

Examples

  • ξόανα δὲ τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα ἕτοιμά σφισίν ἐστι κατ’ ἐνιαυτὸν ἕκαστον παρασκευασθέντα ἐν Δαιδάλοισ τοῖσ μικροῖσ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 3 6:4)

Synonyms

  1. cunningly or curiously wrought

Related

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

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