Idalian
English
Etymology
From Latin Īdalius (“pertaining to Idalium”) (ultimately from Koine Greek Ιδάλιον (Idálion)) + -an.
Adjective
Idalian (comparative more Idalian, superlative most Idalian)
- Of or pertaining to Idalium, an ancient city of Cyprus where Aphrodite was worshipped. [from 16th c.]
- 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, p. 142:
- So moves the Goddess to the Idalian groves, / And leads her gold-hair'd family of Loves.
- 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, p. 142: