δαίδαλος

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Λιμὴν πέφυκε πᾶσι παιδεία βροτοῖς → Omnibus doctrina portus est mortalibus → Ein Hafen ist die Bildung allen Sterblichen

Menander, Monostichoi, 312
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Transliteration A: daídalos Transliteration B: daidalos Transliteration C: daidalos Beta Code: dai/dalos

English (LSJ)

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