Idaean
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to Mount Ida, the name given to a mountain near ancient Troy, and to a mountain of Crete, sometimes held to be the birthplace of Zeus.
"Where Ellen's hand had taught to twine / The ivy and Idaean vine […]."
Example
More examples"Where Ellen's hand had taught to twine / The ivy and Idaean vine […]."
Etymology
From Latin Idaeus (from Ancient Greek Ἰδαῖος (Idaîos)) + -an.