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δαιδάλ-εος [α^] (not -έος, Hdn.Gr.1.114), α, ον: ( δαιδάλλω):—
A.cunningly or curiously wrought, in Hom.always of metal or wood, ζωστήρ, θώρηξ, σάκος, θρόνος, Il.4.135, 8.195, 19.380, Od.1.131; “λάρναξ” Simon.37.1, B.5.140; also of embroidery, Hes.Th.575, E.Hec. 470 (lyr.), Theopomp.Com.33.
2. of natural objects, dappled, spotted, etc., of fish, Alex.17; of deer, Nonn.D.5.391; shot with light, sheeny, Opp.C.1.218.
II. cunning, “χείρ” Pl.Epigr.22:“Ἥφαιστος” AP9.755.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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