Icarus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Īcarus, from Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪkəɹəs/ === Proper noun === Icarus (Greek mythology) A Greek mythological figure, son of Daedalus, who escaped from the Cretan labyrinth of Knossos by flying with wings made from feathers and wax, but flew too near to the sun, which melted the wax in the wings, so he fell down and drowned in the Aegean Sea. ==== Related terms ==== Icaria Icarian ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== Icarus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === cauris, curias == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Īcarus, from Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈi.kaː.rʏs/ Hyphenation: Ica‧rus === Proper noun === Icarus m Icarus (Greek mythological figure whose wings disintegrated, drowned in the Aegean) ==== Derived terms ==== icarusblauwtje == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈiː.ka.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.ka.rus] === Proper noun === Īcarus m sg (genitive Īcarī); second declension Icarus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Īcaria Īcariotēs Īcarius === References === “Icarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Icarus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.