daedale
Dictionary entries
- Entry →daedalus, daedala, daedalum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
skillful, dexterous; skillfully made/worked; [Daedalus => built Labyrinth];; artificial, artificially contrived; variously adorned, ornamented; variegated;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →daedale:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
artistically, skillfully;
Examples
de Spectaculis
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) from EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI
"...quae fuerat fabula, poena fuit. VIII Daedale, Lucano cum sic lacereris ab urso, quam cuperes pinnas nunc habuisse..."- P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...visa prioribus annis, factaque nuper avis longum tibi, Daedale, crimen. namque huic tradiderat, fatorum ignara, docendam progeniem germana..." - P
Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...viro. Quod simul ut sensit, 'nunc, nunc, o Daedale,' dixit: 'Materiam, qua sis ingeniosus, habes. Possidet et terras..."
