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Ortygian|ɔːˈtɪdʒɪən|
[f. L. Ortygi-us (f. Gr. Ὀρτυγία (ὄρτυξ a quail) Quail-island) + -an.]
1. Of or pertaining to Ortygia, the ancient name of the island of Delos, held to be the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis.
1640J. Gower tr. Ovid's Fasti v. 120 These prayers make Mercury in heaven to smile, Remembring his Ortygian cheat yerwhile. 1729G. Adams tr. Sophocles' Tragedies II. 180 And his [Apollo's] Ortygian Sister like⁓wise.. Fire-bearing Diana. 1866J. B. Rose tr. Ovid's Metamorphoses i. 27 A votress of the power Ortygian. 1956E. Pound tr. Sophocles' Women of Trachis 12 Sylvan Artemis, torch-lit Artemis With thy Ortygian girls.
2. Of or pertaining to Ortygia, an island which forms part of the city of Syracuse in Sicily. rare.
1820Shelley Arethusa in Posthumous Poems (1824) 160 And at night they sleep In the rocking deep Beneath the Ortygian shore. |