Δαίδαλος

See also: δαίδαλος

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

 

• IPA^(key): /dǎi̯.da.los/ → /ˈðɛ.ða.los/ → /ˈðe.ða.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dǎi̯.da.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.da.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðɛ.ða.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.ða.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.ða.los/

Proper noun

Δαίδᾰλος • (Daídalos) m (genitive Δαιδᾰ́λου); second declension

1. Daedalus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Δαίδᾰλος; τοῦ Δαιδᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δαίδᾰλος ho Daídalos
Genitive	τοῦ Δαιδᾰ́λου toû Daidálou
Dative	τῷ Δαιδᾰ́λῳ tôi Daidálōi
Accusative	τὸν Δαίδᾰλον tòn Daídalon
Vocative	Δαίδᾰλε Daídale
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Daedalian
• Greek: Δαίδαλος (Daídalos)
• Latin: Daedalus

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008