Idaean

[ ahy-dee-uhn ]

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Idaean¹

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

Example Sentences

That the Idaean ideal was Athene is implied by the adjective ethnic.

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They were said to have been instituted by the Idaean Heracles, to commemorate his victory over his four brothers in a foot-race.

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We are thy fleet, Idaean pines from the holy hill, now nymphs of the sea.

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

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