icarus

indénombrable · nom propre

A proper noun from Greek mythology referring to the son of Daedalus who, while escaping from Crete with his father using wings made of wax and feathers, flew too close to the sun, causing the wax to melt, and fell into the Aegean Sea where he drowned.

• 🇫🇷Nom propre issu de la mythologie grecque, désignant le fils de Dédale qui, s'échappant de Crète avec son père grâce à des ailes en cire et en plumes, s'approcha trop près du soleil, ce qui fit fondre la cire et le fit tomber dans la mer Égée où il se noya. Par extension, il symbolise l'audace démesurée ou l'échec dû à une ambition excessive.

1. Mythological figure B2 formal

   In Greek mythology, the son of the master craftsman Daedalus. He escaped from Crete using wings made of feathers and wax, but flew too close to the sun, causing the wax to melt, and he fell into the sea and drowned.

   • The story of Icarus serves as a warning against overambition.
   • Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too high or too low.
   • Icarus ignored his father's advice and plummeted into the Aegean Sea.

   🇫🇷Icare

2. Symbol of overambition C1 informal

   A person who is destroyed by their own excessive ambition or recklessness.

   • The entrepreneur was an Icarus, flying too high on risky investments.
   • He became an Icarus of the tech world, crashing after his hubris.
   • The novel's protagonist is a modern Icarus, doomed by his own pride.

   🇫🇷Icare, symbole de l'ambition excessive

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• icarus's possessive singular form