δαίδαλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">cunningly</b> or <b class="b2">curiously wrought</b>, μάχαιρα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>4.59</span> (Did., <b class="b3">Δαιδάλου</b> codd.); πέπλος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>635</span>: in Hom. only neut. as Subst., <b class="b3">ὃς χερσὶν ἐπίστατο δαίδαλα πάντα τεύχειν…</b> to frame all <b class="b2">cunning works</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.5.60</span>, al.; τεκτόνων δ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.36</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>1.355</span>: also in sg., <span class="bibl">Od.19.227</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">spotted, speckled</b>, or perh. rather, <b class="b2">sheeny, shot with light</b>, of fish, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>1.58</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as pr. n., <b class="b3">Δαίδαλος, ὁ,</b> <b class="b2">Daedalus</b>, i. e. <b class="b2">the Cunning Worker, the Artist</b>, traditional name for the first sculptor, <span class="bibl">Il.18.592</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>97d</span>: hence <b class="b3">δαίδαλα, τά,</b> = <b class="b2">statues</b>, <span class="bibl">Paus.9.3.2</span>: also <b class="b3">Δαίδαλα, τά,</b> festival of Hera at Argos, ib., Plu.<span class="title">Daed.</span>tit.</span>