The corpus record

δαιδάλλω

daidallo

work cunningly, embellish

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Where it lives

Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

work cunningly, embellish, painter, sculptor, spotted, marked

work cunningly, embellish, σάκος . . πάντοσε δαιδάλλων Il. 18.479; λέχος ἔξεον . . δαιδάλλων χρυσῷ τε καὶ ἀργύρῳ ἠδʼ ἐλέφαντι Od. 23.200; of a painter or sculptor, Opp. C. 1.335, IG 14.967:—Pass., to be spotted, marked, σφραγῖσι Opp. C. 1.324.

metaph., δ. πόλιν εὐανορίαισι Pi. O. 5.21; δ. ἔπεσιν Id. Parth. 2.32:—Pass., δεδαιδαλμένοι ψεύδεσι μῦθοι Id. O. 1.29; πλοῦτος ἀρεταῖς δεδ. ib. 2.53; [μέλη] δαιδαλθέντʼ ἀοιδαῖς Id. N. 11.18.

In the wild

δαιδάλλων · daidallōn Iliad 18.479
δαιδάλλων · daidallōn Odyssey 23.200

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. δαιδάλλω (scan pp. 343-344; entry #1535).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δαιδάλλω (scan p. 260; entry #1783).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δαιδάλλω (scan pp. 371-372; entry #1399).

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