Ἴκαρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From earlier *Ϝίκαρος (*Wíkaros), from Tyrsenian. Cognate with Etruscan 𐌅𐌉𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌄 (vikare).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǐː.ka.ros/ → /ˈi.ka.ros/ → /ˈi.ka.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǐː.ka.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ka.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ka.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ka.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ka.ros/

Proper noun

Ῑ̓́κᾰρος • (Ī́kăros) m (genitive Ῑ̓κᾰ́ρου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Icarus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ῑ̓́κᾰρος; τοῦ Ῑ̓κᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῑ̓́κᾰρος ho Ī́kăros
Genitive	τοῦ Ῑ̓κᾰ́ρου toû Īkắrou
Dative	τῷ Ῑ̓κᾰ́ρῳ tôi Īkắrōi
Accusative	τὸν Ῑ̓́κᾰρον tòn Ī́kăron
Vocative	Ῑ̓́κᾰρε Ī́kăre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ῑ̓κᾰρία (Īkăría)
• Ῑ̓κᾰ́ρῐος (Īkắrĭos)
• Ῑ̓καρίς (Īkarís)
• Ῑ̓κᾰρῐωτίς (Īkărĭōtís)

Descendants

• Greek: Ίκαρος (Íkaros)
• → Latin: Īcarus

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013