Ἴκαρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From earlier *Ϝίκαρος (*Wíkaros), from Tyrsenian. Cognate with Etruscan 𐌅𐌉𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌄 (vikare).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ῑ̓́κᾰρος • (Ī́kăros) m (genitive Ῑ̓κᾰ́ρου); second declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Icarus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ῑ̓́κᾰρος; τοῦ Ῑ̓κᾰ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ῑ̓́κᾰρος
ho Ī́kăros
Genitive τοῦ Ῑ̓κᾰ́ρου
toû Īkắrou
Dative τῷ Ῑ̓κᾰ́ρῳ
tōî Īkắrōi
Accusative τὸν Ῑ̓́κᾰρον
tòn Ī́kăron
Vocative Ῑ̓́κᾰρε
Ī́kăre
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Ίκαρος (Íkaros)
  • → Latin: Īcarus

Further reading

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
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