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Headword: *dai/dalon
Adler number: delta,107
Translated headword: daedalian
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning an] artfully-wrought apparatus. [sc. Named] from a certain Daedalus, an engineer, who rigged up various contraptions and became famous.[1]
"Therefore going unnoticed to the altar he put down those of the tripods which were daedalian, which he had brought."[2]
Greek Original:
*dai/dalon: poiki/lon kataskeu/asma. a)po\ *daida/lou tino\s mhxanopoiou=, o(\s kataskeua/sas dia/fora mhxanh/mata ge/gone peribo/htos. ou)kou=n dialaqw\n e)pi\ tw=| bwmw=| kate/phce ta\ dai/dala tw=n tripo/dwn, a(\ e)ph/geto.
Notes:
The neuter nominative/accusative singular headword, from the adjective dai/dalos, can also be used as a substantive; see generally LSJ s.v.
cf. delta 106, delta 108, delta 109, delta 110.
[1] Same or similar material in other lexica.
[2] Aelian fr. 285b Domingo-Forasté (287 Hercher); cf. phi 127.
Keywords: aetiology; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; mythology; religion; science and technology; trade and manufacture
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 10 December 2003@16:09:48.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 11 December 2003@05:46:37.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation, updated reference) on 6 August 2011@15:57:13.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 12 September 2011@22:27:01.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 13 September 2011@03:20:05.
David Whitehead on 13 September 2011@03:20:29.
David Whitehead on 7 October 2015@04:36:23.

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