Idaean
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Idaean
1580–90; < Latin Īdae ( us ) (< Greek Īdaîos Idaean) + -an
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Foremost in the collection is the reclining Idaean Hercules.
From Time Magazine Archive
The same Aeneas whom fair Venus bore To fam'd Anchises on th' Idaean shore?
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
Let them live together for our enrichment; they are not rivals like the Idaean Three.
From The Egoist by George Meredith
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 Titus Livius
We are thy fleet, Idaean pines from the holy hill, now nymphs of the sea.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
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