δαιδάλεος

See also: Δαίδαλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δαιδάλλω (daidállō, “work, craft”), from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to hew, to split”, verbal root). However, according to Beekes, both words are from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dai̯.dá.le.os/ → /ðɛˈða.le.os/ → /ðeˈða.le.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dai̯.dá.le.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dɛˈda.le.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðɛˈða.le.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðeˈða.le.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðeˈða.le.os/

Adjective

δαιδάλεος • (daidáleos) m (feminine δαιδᾰλέᾱ, neuter δαιδάλεον); first/second declension

1. cunningly wrought

Inflection

First and second declension of δαιδᾰ́λεος; δαιδᾰλέᾱ; δαιδᾰ́λεον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δαιδᾰ́λεος daidáleos	δαιδᾰλέᾱ daidaléā	δαιδᾰ́λεον daidáleon		δαιδᾰλέω daidaléō	δαιδᾰλέᾱ daidaléā	δαιδᾰλέω daidaléō		δαιδᾰ́λεοι daidáleoi	δαιδᾰ́λεαι daidáleai	δαιδᾰ́λεᾰ daidálea
Genitive		δαιδᾰλέου daidaléou	δαιδᾰλέᾱς daidaléās	δαιδᾰλέου daidaléou		δαιδᾰλέοιν daidaléoin	δαιδᾰλέαιν daidaléain	δαιδᾰλέοιν daidaléoin		δαιδᾰλέων daidaléōn	δαιδᾰλέων daidaléōn	δαιδᾰλέων daidaléōn
Dative		δαιδᾰλέῳ daidaléōi	δαιδᾰλέᾳ daidaléāi	δαιδᾰλέῳ daidaléōi		δαιδᾰλέοιν daidaléoin	δαιδᾰλέαιν daidaléain	δαιδᾰλέοιν daidaléoin		δαιδᾰλέοις daidaléois	δαιδᾰλέαις daidaléais	δαιδᾰλέοις daidaléois
Accusative		δαιδᾰ́λεον daidáleon	δαιδᾰλέᾱν daidaléān	δαιδᾰ́λεον daidáleon		δαιδᾰλέω daidaléō	δαιδᾰλέᾱ daidaléā	δαιδᾰλέω daidaléō		δαιδᾰλέους daidaléous	δαιδᾰλέᾱς daidaléās	δαιδᾰ́λεᾰ daidálea
Vocative		δαιδᾰ́λεε daidálee	δαιδᾰλέᾱ daidaléā	δαιδᾰ́λεον daidáleon		δαιδᾰλέω daidaléō	δαιδᾰλέᾱ daidaléā	δαιδᾰλέω daidaléō		δαιδᾰ́λεοι daidáleoi	δαιδᾰ́λεαι daidáleai	δαιδᾰ́λεᾰ daidálea
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		δαιδᾰλέως daidaléōs				δαιδᾰλεώτερος daidaleṓteros				δαιδᾰλεώτᾰτος daidaleṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• δαίδαλος (daídalos)

Further reading

• “δαιδάλεος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δαιδάλεος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δαιδάλεος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δαιδάλεος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δαιδάλεος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “δαιδάλεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δαιδάλεος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter