Idaean

American  

[ahy-dee-uhn] / aɪˈdi ən /

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.

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Etymology

Origin of Idaean

1580–90; < Latin Īdae ( us ) (< Greek Īdaîos Idaean) + -an

Example Sentences

Foremost in the collection is the reclining Idaean Hercules.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus he; the white-arm'd Queen of Heav'n submiss His mandate heard; and from th' Idaean mount With rapid flight to high Olympus sped.

From The Iliad by Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of

Not half so swift the sailing falcon flies, That drives a turtle through the liquid skies, As Phoebus, shooting from the Idaean brow, Glides down the mountain to the plain below.

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander

Their names and number were as indistinct even to the ancients as those of the Curetes and Idaean Dactyli.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

When Quinta Claudia went with her noble sisters to meet the Idaean mother at Terracina they were able to find in Rome one virtuous man to escort them.

From Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ by Bacheller, Irving