Delian

[dee-lee-uh n, deel-yuh n]

adjective

pertaining to Delos.

noun

a native or inhabitant of Delos.

Origin of Delian

1615–25; < Latin Dēli(us) (< Greek Dḗlios) + -an

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Examples from the Web for delian

Historical Examples of delian

The Delian legend of the Hyperboreans may be thought to point in this direction.
The Legacy of Greece
Various
With dance and song the Delian maidens still hailed the divinity of Lt's son.
Folle-Farine
Ouida
The tables were made of Thuja-root, with claws of ivory or Delian bronze.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume III
John Lord
Then he triumphantly dedicated his flagship to the Delian Apollo.
Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913
Evelyn Baring
As a whole, the spirit of the piece is much more Delian (Ionian) than Delphic.
The Homeric Hymns
Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for delian

Delian

noun

a native or inhabitant of Delos

adjective

of or relating to Delos
of or relating to Delius

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Word Origin and History for delian

Delian

adj.

1620s, "of Delos," tiny island in the Aegean, birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. Delian problem "find the length of the side of a cube having double the volume of a given cube," was set by the oracle at Delos when it answered (430 B.C.E.) that the plague in Athens would end when Apollo's (cube-shaped) altar was doubled. The Latin fem. form of the word became the proper name Delia.