I. A son of Dœdalus, who, on his flight from Crete, fell into the Ægean Sea, Ov. M. 8, 195 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 20, 13; Hyg. F. 40.—
B. Derivv.
1. Īcărĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Icarus, Icarian: “aquae,” the part of the Ægean Sea named after Icarus, Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 90.—Also absol.: Īcărĭum (sc. mare), Ov. F. 4, 283; 566: “fluctus,” Hor. C. 1, 1, 15: “litus,” Ov. H. 18, 50.—
2. Icăros , i, f., one of the Sporades, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 68.—
II. =Ἰκάριος, son of Œbalus, king of Sparta, the father of Erigone and Penelope, placed in the heavens as the constellation Bŏōtes, Hyg. F. 224; Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 29; Tib. 4, 1, 10; Ov. M. 10, 450.—Called also Īcărĭus , Ov. H. 1, 81; Hyg. F. 130.—
B. Derivv.
1. Īcărĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Icarus, Icarian: “palmes,” i. e. the vine, which Bacchus taught Icarus to cultivate, Stat. S. 3, 1, 147; cf. “umbra,” i. e. of the vine, id. Th. 4, 655: boves, the constellation Bŏōtes, Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 24: canis stella, i. e. the constellation Canis Major (the dog of Icarus, named Mæra, which was translated to the sky), Ov. Am. 2, 16, 4; so, “astrum,” Stat. Th. 4, 777; “hence also: latratus,” id. Silv. 4, 4, 13.—
3. Īcărĭōtis , ĭdis, f., = Ἰκαριωτίς, the daughter of Icarus, i. e. Penelope, Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 10.—Adj.: “tela,” i. e. of Penelope, Ov. P. 3, 1, 113.
