δαίδαλος
ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
English (LSJ)
ον,
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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 514] ον, = δαιδάλεος, μάχαιρα Pind. N. 4, 59; πέπλος Aesch. Eum. 605; bunt, Opp. C. 3, 347. S. nom. pr.
