δαιδάλλω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The relation between this verb and the adjective δαίδᾰλος (daídalos, “curiously wrought”) is debated. Leumann started from a Mediterranean word *δαίδᾰλον (*daídalon, “ornament”), from which this verb and the compound πολῠδαίδᾰλος (poludaídalos, “rich in ornament”) would be derived. Others have taken the verb, which was thought to be an intensive reduplicated formation, as the starting point. Within Greek δέλτος (déltos, “writing tablet”) and δηλέομαι (dēléomai, “to hurt, damage, spoil, waste”) have been compared; further δάλλει (dállei, “to do wrong”) and δόλων (dólōn, “poniard, stiletto”). Not related are several words for "build, split" in other Indo-European languages, like Latin dolō (“to hew”) and Old Irish delb (“form, shape, appearance, statue”). Instead, Beekes considers Pre-Greek origin, for instance through a connection with the personal name Δαίδαλος (Daídalos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dai̯.dál.lɔː/ → /ðɛˈðal.lo/ → /ðeˈða.lo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dai̯.dál.lɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dɛˈdal.lo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðɛˈðal.lo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðeˈðal.lo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðeˈða.lo/

Verb

δαιδᾰ́λλω • (daidállō)

1. (active voice) to work cunningly, embellish, adorn
2. (passive voice) to be spotted or marked

Inflection

   Present: δαιδᾰ́λλω, δαιδᾰ́λλομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	δαιδᾰ́λλω	δαιδᾰ́λλεις	δαιδᾰ́λλει	δαιδᾰ́λλετον	δαιδᾰ́λλετον	δαιδᾰ́λλομεν	δαιδᾰ́λλετε	δαιδᾰ́λλουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	δαιδᾰ́λλω	δαιδᾰ́λλῃς	δαιδᾰ́λλῃ	δαιδᾰ́λλητον	δαιδᾰ́λλητον	δαιδᾰ́λλωμεν	δαιδᾰ́λλητε	δαιδᾰ́λλωσῐ(ν)
	optative	δαιδᾰ́λλοιμῐ	δαιδᾰ́λλοις	δαιδᾰ́λλοι	δαιδᾰ́λλοιτον	δαιδᾰλλοίτην	δαιδᾰ́λλοιμεν	δαιδᾰ́λλοιτε	δαιδᾰ́λλοιεν
	imperative		δαίδᾰλλε	δαιδᾰλλέτω	δαιδᾰ́λλετον	δαιδᾰλλέτων		δαιδᾰ́λλετε	δαιδᾰλλόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	δαιδᾰ́λλομαι	δαιδᾰ́λλῃ, δαιδᾰ́λλει	δαιδᾰ́λλεται	δαιδᾰ́λλεσθον	δαιδᾰ́λλεσθον	δαιδᾰλλόμεθᾰ	δαιδᾰ́λλεσθε	δαιδᾰ́λλονται
	subjunctive	δαιδᾰ́λλωμαι	δαιδᾰ́λλῃ	δαιδᾰ́λληται	δαιδᾰ́λλησθον	δαιδᾰ́λλησθον	δαιδᾰλλώμεθᾰ	δαιδᾰ́λλησθε	δαιδᾰ́λλωνται
	optative	δαιδᾰλλοίμην	δαιδᾰ́λλοιο	δαιδᾰ́λλοιτο	δαιδᾰ́λλοισθον	δαιδᾰλλοίσθην	δαιδᾰλλοίμεθᾰ	δαιδᾰ́λλοισθε	δαιδᾰ́λλοιντο
	imperative		δαιδᾰ́λλου	δαιδᾰλλέσθω	δαιδᾰ́λλεσθον	δαιδᾰλλέσθων		δαιδᾰ́λλεσθε	δαιδᾰλλέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		δαιδᾰ́λλειν				δαιδᾰ́λλεσθαι
participle	m	δαιδᾰ́λλων				δαιδᾰλλόμενος
	f	δαιδᾰ́λλουσᾰ				δαιδᾰλλομένη
	n	δαιδᾰ́λλον				δαιδᾰλλόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐδαίδᾰλλον, ἐδαιδᾰλλόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐδαίδᾰλλον	ἐδαίδᾰλλες	ἐδαίδᾰλλε(ν)	ἐδαιδᾰ́λλετον	ἐδαιδᾰλλέτην	ἐδαιδᾰ́λλομεν	ἐδαιδᾰ́λλετε	ἐδαίδᾰλλον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐδαιδᾰλλόμην	ἐδαιδᾰ́λλου	ἐδαιδᾰ́λλετο	ἐδαιδᾰ́λλεσθον	ἐδαιδᾰλλέσθην	ἐδαιδᾰλλόμεθᾰ	ἐδαιδᾰ́λλεσθε	ἐδαιδᾰ́λλοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• δαιδᾰ́λεος (daidáleos)
• δαιδᾰλεύτρῐ́ᾱ (daidaleútríā)
• δαίδᾰλμᾰ (daídalma)
• δαιδᾰλόεις (daidalóeis)
• δαίδᾰλος (daídalos)
• δαιδᾰλουργός (daidalourgós)
• δαιδᾰλόχειρ (daidalókheir)
• δαιδᾰλόω (daidalóō)

 

Further reading

• “δαιδάλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δαιδάλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δαιδάλλω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δαιδάλλω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δαιδάλλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δαιδάλλω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN