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δαίδαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δαίδαλος

Structure: δαιδαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: redupl. from Root DAL

Sense

cunningly or curiously wrought, cunning works
Daedalus, the cunning worker, the artist

Declension

First/Second declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	δαίδαλος	δαίδαλον
	Genitive	δαιδάλου	δαιδάλου
	Dative	δαιδάλῳ	δαιδάλῳ
	Accusative	δαίδαλον	δαίδαλον
	Vocative	δαίδαλε	δαίδαλον
Dual	N/A/V	δαιδάλω	δαιδάλω
Dual	G/D	δαιδάλοιν	δαιδάλοιν
Plural	Nominative	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

ναὶ μέντοι καὶ Δαίδαλον τὸν Ἀθηναῖον ξείνη μὲν ἡ ἱστορίη, δοκέω γε μὴν ^ οὐκ ἔξω ἀστρολογίησ, ἀλλὰ οἱ αὐτὸσ μάλιστα ἐχρήσατο καὶ παιδὶ τῷ ἑωυτοῦ κατηγήσατο. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 14:2)
ὅσοι δὲ κατὰ τὸν Δαίδαλον ἐχρήσαντο τοῖσ πτεροῖσ καὶ μὴ πάνυ ἐπήρθησαν, εἰδότεσ ὅτι ἐκ κηροῦ ἦν αὐτοῖσ πεποιημένα, ἐταμιεύσαντο δὲ πρὸσ τὸ ἀνθρώπινον τὴν φορὰν καὶ ἠγάπησαν ὑψηλότεροι μόνον τῶν κυμάτων ἐνεχθέντεσ, ὥστε μέντοι νοτίζεσθαι αὐτοῖσ ἀεὶ τὰ πτερὰ καὶ μὴ παρέχειν αὐτὰ μόνῳ τῷ ἡλίῳ, οὗτοι δὲ ἀσφαλῶσ τε ἅμα καὶ σωφρόνωσ διέπτησαν ὅπερ καὶ ταύτην ἄν τισ μάλιστα ἐπαινέσειε. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 21:8)
ἀλλὰ κἂν εἰσ τὴν Κρήτην ἀφίκῃ τῷ λόγῳ, πάμπολλα κἀκεῖθεν ἡ ὄρχησισ ἐρανίζεται, τὴν Εὐρώπην, τὴν Πασιφάην, τοὺσ ταύρουσ ἀμφοτέρουσ, τὸν λαβύρινθον, τὴν Ἀριάδνην, τὴν Φαίδραν, τὸν Ἀνδρόγεων, τὸν Δαίδαλον, τὸν Ἴκαρον, τὸν Γλαῦκον, τὴν Πολυΐδου μαντικήν, τὸν Τάλω, τὸν χαλκοῦν τῆσ Κρήτησ περίπολον. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 49:1)
τοῦτο μὲν ἤδη καὶ ὑπὲρ τὸν Δαίδαλον ἔφησθα, εἴ γε πρὸσ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἐλελήθεισ ἡμᾶσ ἱέραξ τισ ἢ κολοιὸσ ἐξ ἀνθρώπου γενόμενοσ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 2:12)
ὅσοι δὲ κατὰ τὸν Δαίδαλον μὴ πάνυ μετέωρα μηδὲ ὑψηλὰ ἐφρόνησαν ἀλλὰ πρόσγεια, ὡσ νοτίζεσθαι ἐνίοτε τῇ ἅλμῃ τὸν κηρόν, ὡσ τὸ πολὺ οὗτοι ἀσφαλῶσ διέπτησαν. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 23:7)

Synonyms

cunningly or curiously wrought
- δαιδάλεος (cunningly or curiously wrought)
- τεχνήμων (cunningly wrought)

λαβύρινθος (labyrinth)
Φλιάσιος (Phliasian)
Δίκτυννα (goddess of the chase)
Ἀμυκλαῖον (the temple of Amyclaean Apollo)
ταυροπόλος (worshipped at Tauris)
αὐτόχθονος (country and all)
μαθητός (learnt)
ἰφιγένεια (strong-born)
Ἀσκληπιάδαι (physicians)
πολύγνωτος (well-known)
πλάστης (a moulder)
πρόπυλον ()
Βακίς ()
ῥοικός (crooked)
φιλομήλα (the nightingale)
Τιτανομαχίᾱ (a battle of Titans)
χρυσόμαλλος (with golden wool or fleece)
Μαίναλον (Mount Maenalus)
ξόανον (an image of carved wood)
θεάριον (the place where the qewroi)
Δωριεύς (a Dorian)
Παρθενοπαῖος (the maiden-hero or son of the maiden)
Αἰγυπτιστί (in the Egyptian tongue)
Κυθήριος (Cytherean)
οἰκήτωρ (an inhabitant)
Ὤλενος (Olenos)
Ὀλυμπιεῖον (the temple of Olympian Zeus)
λιθουργός (a worker in stone)
Δωδωναῖος (of Dodona)
Μαῖρα (the sparkler)

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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cunningly or curiously wrought

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