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Idaean

Idaean adjective: 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.

Adjective

Idaean (comparative more Idaean, superlative most Idaean)

  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 […].1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 1.XXVI

Forms of Idaean

comparativemore Idaean
superlativemost Idaean
alternative formIdean
alternative form (archaic)Idæan

Origin of Idaean

From Latin Idaeus (from Ancient Greek Ἰδαῖος (Idaîos)) + -an.

Questions about Idaean

What does Idaean mean?
Idaean means 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.
What part of speech is Idaean?
Idaean is an adjective.

Words near Idaean in the dictionary

  1. Ida'an
  2. Ida-Viru County
  3. Ida.
  4. IDaaS
  5. Idabel
  6. Idaean
  7. idaes
  8. Idaeus
  9. idafa
  10. idafah
  11. Idahan

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