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Idæan, a.|aɪˈdiːən|
Also Idaian.
[f. L. Īdæus, Gr. Ἰδαῖος (f. Īdā, Īdē, Ἴδη) + -an.]
Of, belonging to, or dwelling on Mount Ida, either (a) a mountain in Asia Minor near the ancient Troy; or (b) the chief mountain in Crete, the birthplace of Zeus.
1590Spenser F.Q. ii. vii. 55 Here eke that famous golden Apple grew,..For which th'Idæan Ladies disagreed. Ibid. ii. viii. 6 Like as Cupido on Idæan hill. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Works (1711) 7/1 Trembling Roofs of Trees..Which make Idæan Woods in every Crook. 1810Scott Lady of L. i. xxvi. 32 Where Ellen's hand had taught to twine The ivy and Idæan vine. 1820Shelley Prometh. Unb. iii. i. 97 Pour forth heaven's wine, Idæan Ganymede, And let it fill the Dædal cups like fire. 1876Gladstone Homeric Synchr. 123 Teucer, son of Scamander and of an Idaian Nymph. 1921Public Opinion 17 June 568/3 The sad dwellers on the Idaean plain. 1970Oxf. Classical Dict. (ed. 2) 540/1 Idaean dactyls, literally the Fingers of Ida, but whether the Phrygian or the Cretan Ida and whether their name refers to craftsmanship, dwarfish size, or something else, the ancients were in doubt. |