Idalianadj.

Brit.

/ʌɪˈdeɪlɪən/, U.S.

/aɪˈdeɪljən/,

/aɪˈdeɪliən/

Forms: 1500s– Idalian, 1600s Idalean.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Īdalius , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Īdalius of or relating to Idalium, used especially of things connected with Aphrodite ( < Īdalium, a town in Cyprus sacred to Aphrodite < Hellenistic Greek Ιδάλιον) + -an suffix.With the form Idalean compare -ean suffix.

Belonging or relating to the ancient town of Idalium in Cyprus, where Aphrodite was worshipped.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Cyprus

Idalian1567

1567 G. Turberville tr. G. B. Spagnoli Eglogs vii. f. 70^v Go seeke the coast that leades to secrete shore, Against th' Idalian floods.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 34 Those debonaire Idalian nimphs and their spangled trappings.

a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) ii. iii. 58 To sweare that Venus leads The graces so on the Idalian greene.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 230 I mean to plunge the Boy in pleasing Sleep, And, ravish'd, in Idalian Bow'rs to keep.

1793 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 60 With these the magic Dews, which Evening brings, Brush'd from th' Idalian Star by fairy wings.

1799 T. Campbell Pleasures of Hope & Other Poems ii. 55 Some cottage-home..With peace embosom'd in Idalian bow'rs!

1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 60 Idalian Aphrodite oceanborn.

1889 Classical Rev. 3 52/2 In all Idalian inscriptions.

1928 J. H. Mozley tr. Statius I. 187 Golden Venus..on her way from the height of Eryx to the Idalian groves.

1974 Classical Jrnl. 70 No. 1. 8 The daughters of Lycomedes welcome the disguised Achilles and make room for ‘her’ even as Idalian doves, first in fear and then in joy, welcome a strange bird.

2004 T. Johnson Symposion of Praise iii. 123 Divus Iulius breaks in and speaks only one line from his Idalian star.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	idalian
释义	Idalianadj. Brit. /ʌɪˈdeɪlɪən/, U.S. /aɪˈdeɪljən/, /aɪˈdeɪliən/ Forms: 1500s– Idalian, 1600s Idalean. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Īdalius , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Īdalius of or relating to Idalium, used especially of things connected with Aphrodite ( < Īdalium, a town in Cyprus sacred to Aphrodite < Hellenistic Greek Ιδάλιον) + -an suffix.With the form Idalean compare -ean suffix. Belonging or relating to the ancient town of Idalium in Cyprus, where Aphrodite was worshipped. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Cyprus Idalian1567 1567 G. Turberville tr. G. B. Spagnoli Eglogs vii. f. 70^v Go seeke the coast that leades to secrete shore, Against th' Idalian floods. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 34 Those debonaire Idalian nimphs and their spangled trappings. a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) ii. iii. 58 To sweare that Venus leads The graces so on the Idalian greene. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 230 I mean to plunge the Boy in pleasing Sleep, And, ravish'd, in Idalian Bow'rs to keep. 1793 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 60 With these the magic Dews, which Evening brings, Brush'd from th' Idalian Star by fairy wings. 1799 T. Campbell Pleasures of Hope & Other Poems ii. 55 Some cottage-home..With peace embosom'd in Idalian bow'rs! 1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 60 Idalian Aphrodite oceanborn. 1889 Classical Rev. 3 52/2 In all Idalian inscriptions. 1928 J. H. Mozley tr. Statius I. 187 Golden Venus..on her way from the height of Eryx to the Idalian groves. 1974 Classical Jrnl. 70 No. 1. 8 The daughters of Lycomedes welcome the disguised Achilles and make room for ‘her’ even as Idalian doves, first in fear and then in joy, welcome a strange bird. 2004 T. Johnson Symposion of Praise iii. 123 Divus Iulius breaks in and speaks only one line from his Idalian star. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1567
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