Īcărus, i, m., = Ἴκαρος.
- 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.
- 2. Īcăris, ĭdis, = Ἰκαρίς, the daughter of Icarus, i. e. Penelope, Ov. Ib. 393.
- 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.