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daedalus

daedalus · m

The mythical Athenian architect of the times of Theseus and Minos, father of Icarus, and builder of the Cretan labyrinth

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Where it lives

Oedipus 1 · 1.69/10k
Phaedra 1 · 1.41/10k
Ars Amatoria 2 · 1.34/10k
De Rerum Natura 6 · 1.23/10k
Satyricon 3 · 0.99/10k
Hercules Oetaeus 1 · 0.89/10k
Metamorphoses 6 · 0.77/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 37 1 · 0.61/10k
Aeneid 3 · 0.47/10k
Tristia 1 · 0.44/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Daedălus — Lewis & Short

Daedălus, i, m. (

I acc. Gr. Daedalon, Ov. M. 8, 261; Mart. 4, 49), *dai/dalos.

I The mythical Athenian architect of the times of Theseus and Minos, father of Icarus, and builder of the Cretan labyrinth, Ov. M. 8, 159; 183; id. Tr. 3, 4, 21; Verg. A. 6, 14 Serv.; Mel. 2, 7, 12: Plin. 7, 56, 57; Hyg. Fab. 39; Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Hor. Od. 1, 3, 34; Mart. 4, 49, 5; Sil. 12, 89 sq., et saep.—

B Hence,

1 Daedălē^us, a, um, adj., Daedalian, relating to Daedalus:

(a) Daedălēo Icaro, Hor. Od. 2, 20, 13: Ope Daedălēa, id. ib. 4, 2, 2.—

(b) Daedalĕum iter (i. e. through the labyrinth), Prop. 2, 14, 8 (3, 6, 8 M.).—*

2 Daedălĭcus, a, um, adj., skilful: manus, Venant. 10, 11, 17.—

II A later sculptor of Sicyon, son and pupil of Patrocles: et ipse inter fictores laudatus, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 76.

In the wild

Daedalus Juvenal, Saturae 1.3.25
Daedalus Seneca, Oedipus 1
Daedalus Ovid, Epistulae 18.49
daedala Vergil, Aeneid 7.282
Daedalus Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.742
Daedalus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 34.8.p12

6 of 40 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. daedalus (scan p. 187; entry #2884).

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