The corpus record

δαιδάλεος

daidaleos

cunningly, curiously wrought, dappled, spotted

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 3 · 9.27/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Iliad 13 · 1.17/10k
Odyssey 4 · 0.46/10k

What it meant — LSJ

cunningly, curiously wrought

cunningly or curiously wrought, in Hom. always of metal or wood, ζωστήρ, θώρηξ, σάκος, θρόνος, Il. 4.135, 8.195, 19.380, Od. 1.131; λάρναξ Simon. 37.1, B. 5.140; also of embroidery, Hes. Th. 575, E. Hec. 470 (lyr.), Theopomp.Com. 33.

2 dappled, spotted, shot with light, sheeny

of natural objects, dappled, spotted, etc., of fish, Alex. 17; of deer, Nonn. D. 5.391; shot with light, sheeny, Opp. C. 1.218.

II cunning

cunning, χείρ Pl. Epigr. 19 Diehl: Ἥφαιστος AP 9.755.

In the wild

δαιδαλέαισι · daidaleaisi Euripides, Hecuba 2 (DIORISIS sentence 240)
δαιδαλέην · daidaleēn Shield of Heracles 135–138
δαιδαλέοιο · daidaleoio Shield of Heracles 331–335
δαιδαλέοιο · daidaleoio Shield of Heracles 458–460
δαιδαλέην · daidaleēn Theogony 574–577
δαιδαλέοισι · daidaleoisi Iliad 13.331

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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