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Icarus

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

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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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Etymology

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

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

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Icarus m

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

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros).

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Īcarus m sg (genitive Īcarī); second declension

  1. Icarus

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Īcarus
genitive Īcarī
dative Īcarō
accusative Īcarum
ablative Īcarō
vocative Īcare

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References

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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.
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