Icarus

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From Latin Īcarus, from Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος(Íkaros).


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Icarus

son of Daedalus in Greek mythology, from Latinized form of Greek Ikaros, a name of unknown origin, connected to Icaria and the Icarian Sea. He flew too high on artificial wings and so plunged to his death. Used allusively in English from 1580s.