daedalus

Daedălĭōn, ōnis, m., Daidaliôn, a [p. 510] king of Trachis, son of Lucifer, and brother of Ceyx, who was changed into a hawk, Ov. M. 11, 295 sq.

1.

† daedălus, a, um, adj., = daidalos, artificial, skilful ( poet. and in postclass. prose).

I.

Act.: Minerva, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 6 Müll. (Fr. Inc. Lib. xxi. Vahl.): daedalam a varietate rerum artificiorumque dictam esse apud Lucretium terram, apud Ennium Minervam, apud Vergilium Circen, facile est intellegere, cum Graece daidallein significet variare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 68 Müll.: Circe (" ingeniosa," Serv.), Verg. A. 7, 282.—

B.

With gen.:

verborum daedala lingua,

the fashioner of words, Lucr. 4, 549; cf.:

natura daedala rerum,

id. 5, 234.—

II.

Pass., artificially contrived, variously adorned, ornamented, etc., daidaleos: tecta (apium), skilfully constructed:

signa,

Lucr. 5, 145:

tellus,

variegated, id. 1, 7; 228; Verg. G. 4, 179; cf.:

carmina chordis,

artfully varied on strings, id. 2, 505.—

* Adv.: daedăle, skilfully, Jul. Val. Res gest. A. M. 3, 86.