Icarus
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From Latin Īcarus, from Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros).
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Icarus
- (Greek mythology) A Greek mythological figure, son of Daedalus, who escaped from the Cretan labyrinth of Knossos by flying with wings made from feathers and wax, but flew too near to the sun, which melted the wax in the wings, so he fell down and drowned in the Aegean Sea.
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Borrowed from Latin Īcarus, from Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros).
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Icarus m
- Icarus (Greek mythological figure whose wings disintegrated, drowned in the Aegean)
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Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros).
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- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈiː.ka.rus/, [ˈiːkärʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.ka.rus/, [ˈiːkärus]
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Īcarus m sg (genitive Īcarī); second declension
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Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Īcarus |
| Genitive | Īcarī |
| Dative | Īcarō |
| Accusative | Īcarum |
| Ablative | Īcarō |
| Vocative | Īcare |
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- “Icarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Icarus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.