Icaria
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Icariae Proper-name noun: feminine nominative plural, Proper-name noun: feminine genitive singular, Proper-name noun: feminine dative singular, Proper-name noun: feminine vocative plural of Icaria
Icariae Proper-name adjective: feminine genitive singular, Proper-name adjective: feminine vocative plural, Proper-name adjective: feminine dative singular, Proper-name adjective: feminine nominative plural of Icarius
- an island in the Icarian sea, now Nicaria, Mel. 2, 7, 11.—Called Īcăros in Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 68.
ICA´RIA [ATTICA 328b.]
(Ἰκαρία). (1) An island of the Aegean, near Samos, west from Ampelos, the western promontory of the latter. Mythology derived the name of this island from Icarus (q.v.), son of Daedalus, whose body was washed upon its shores after the unfortunate termination of his flight. The modern name is Nicaria.
(2) Also Icarius (Ἰκάριος). A deme of Attica belonging to the tribe Aegeïs. Here Dionysus is said to have taught Icarius the cultivation of the vine.