Icarus

English

Etymology

From Latin Īcarus, from Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪkəɹəs/

Proper noun

Icarus

1. (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.

Related terms

• Icaria
• Icarian

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: إيكَرُس m (ʔīkarus), إيكَارُوس m (ʔīkārūs)
• Catalan: Ícar (ca) m
• Danish: Ikaros
• Dutch: Icarus m
• Estonian: Ikaros
• French: Icare (fr) m
• German: Ikarus m, Ikaros m
• Greek: Ίκαρος (el) m (Íkaros)
• Hebrew: איקארוס (Ikarus)
• Italian: Icaro (it) m
• Japanese: イカロス (Ikarosu)
• Latin: Icarus m
• Polish: Ikar m
• Portuguese: Ícaro (pt) m
• Romanian: Icar m
• Russian: Икар (ru) m (Ikar)
• Spanish: Ícaro (es) m
• Swedish: Ikaros m
• Ukrainian: Іка́р m (Ikár)

Further reading

• Icarus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• cauris, curias

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Īcarus, from Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.kaː.rʏs/
• Hyphenation: Ica‧rus

Proper noun

Icarus m

1. Icarus (Greek mythological figure whose wings disintegrated, drowned in the Aegean)

Derived terms

• icarusblauwtje

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.ka.rus/, [ˈiːkärʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ka.rus/, [ˈiːkärus]

Proper noun

Īcarus m sg (genitive Īcarī); second declension

1. Icarus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Īcarus
Genitive	Īcarī
Dative	Īcarō
Accusative	Īcarum
Ablative	Īcarō
Vocative	Īcare

Derived terms

• Īcaria
• Īcariotēs
• Īcarius

References

• “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.