daedalus

† daedălus, a, um, adj., = δαίδαλος, artificial, skilful (poet. and in post-class. 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 δαιδάλλειν 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., δαιδάλεος: 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.

1. daedalus, a, um (δαίδαλος), kunstvoll, I) act. kunstreich, kunstfertig, Minerva, Enn. fr. inc. 46 bei Paul. ex Fest. 68, 6: Circe, die listige, Verg. Aen. 7, 282. – m. Genet., natura d. rerum, Lucr.: verborum d. lingua, Lucr. – II) pass. kunstvoll = mit Kunst gearbeitet od. verziert, tellus, Lucr.: tecta, Verg.: daedala carmina chordis, kunstvoll wechselnd auf Saiten, Lucr.

daedalus [CL < δαίδαλος] , skilful, crafty. ~a, ingeniosa GlC D 121; quenam mulierum / consequitur verum, mendax et dedala [gl.: deceptrix, ingeniosa] rerum? Garl. Mor. Scol. 642; capax gremium, mens dedala, lingua / tullia Id. Epith. I 103.

1 dædălus, (13) a, um (δαίδαλος), ¶ 1 industrieux, ingénieux : Virg. En. 7, 282, cf. P. Fest. 68 || [avec gén.] qui sait faire artistement qqch. : verborum dædala lingua Lucr. 4, 551, la langue habile ouvrière des mots, cf. 5, 234 ¶ 2 artistement fait, artistement ouvragé : Lucr. 5, 1451 ; 2, 505.

daedalus adj.

• , δαίδαλος, skilful, cunning: Circe, V.—Artfully contrived, skilful: tecta, V.