Icarus
English
Etymology
From Latin Īcarus, from Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
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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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Īcarus, from Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Icarus m
- Icarus (Greek mythological figure whose wings disintegrated, drowned in the Aegean)
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈiː.ka.rus/, [ˈiːkärʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.ka.rus/, [ˈiːkärus]
Proper noun
Īcarus m sg (genitive Īcarī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Īcarus |
Genitive | Īcarī |
Dative | Īcarō |
Accusative | Īcarum |
Ablative | Īcarō |
Vocative | Īcare |
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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.
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