Idaean
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Idaean
1580–90; < Latin Īdae ( us ) (< Greek Īdaîos Idaean) + -an
Example Sentences
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Foremost in the collection is the reclining Idaean Hercules.
From Time Magazine Archive
Else, having shorn, they smear their bodies o'er With acrid oil-lees, and mix silver-scum And native sulphur and Idaean pitch, Wax mollified with ointment, and therewith Sea-leek, strong hellebores, bitumen black.
From The Georgics by Virgil
They were said to have been instituted by the Idaean Heracles, to commemorate his victory over his four brothers in a foot-race.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
The Idaean Mother brought to Rome from Phrygia; received by Publius Scipio Nasica, judged by the senate the best man in the state.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus
The same Aeneas whom fair Venus bore To fam'd Anchises on th' Idaean shore?
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
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