δαίδαλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[cunningly]] or [[curiously wrought]], μάχαιρα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>4.59</span> (Did., [[Δαιδάλου]] codd.); πέπλος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>635</span>: in Hom. only neut. as [[substantive]], <b class="b3">ὃς χερσὶν ἐπίστατο δαίδαλα πάντα τεύχειν</b>… to frame all [[cunning works]], <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"><span class="bld">2</span> [[spotted]], [[speckled]], or perh. rather, [[sheeny]], [[shot with light]], of fish, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>1.58</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as pr. n., <b class="b3">Δαίδαλος, ὁ,</b> [[Daedalus]], i. e. [[the Cunning Worker]], [[the Artist]], 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> = [[statues]], <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>