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.

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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

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros).

Pronunciation

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

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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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