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▪ I. Delian, a.1|ˈdiːlɪən|
[f. L. Dēli-us (Gr. Δήλι-ος) of or pertaining to Delos, Δῆλος) + -an.]
Of or belonging to Delos, an island in the Grecian archipelago, the reputed birthplace of Apollo and Artemis (Diana). Delian problem, the problem of finding the side of a cube having double the volume of a given cube (i.e. of finding the cube root of 2); so called from the answer of the oracle of Delos, that a plague raging at Athens should cease when Apollo's altar, which was cubical, should be doubled. Also † Deliacal a.
1623Cockeram, Delian twins, the Sunne and Moone. 1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v. Duplication, They applied themselves..to seek the Duplicature of the cube, which henceforward was called the Delian Problem. Ibid., Deliacal Problem, a famous problem among the antients concerning the duplication of the cube. 1879Geo. Eliot Coll. Breakf. P. 679 'Tis our lot To pass more swiftly than the Delian God.
▪ II. Delian, a.2 and n.|ˈdiːlɪən|
A. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Frederick Delius (1862–1934), English composer, or his works.
B. n. A follower or admirer of Delius.
1958B. James in P. Gammond Duke Ellington ii. 149 Delian harmony has become the stock-in-trade of modern popular music by an odd accident which, I am convinced, provokes a smile of..amusement from the ghost of Delius... Some of Ellington's reflective pieces have a distinctly Delian flavour of nostalgia and bitter-sweetness. 1962Observer 8 Apr. 28/3 Our Delians are in full bloom this spring. At Bradford on Tuesday they were out in force for Sadler's Wells' new production of ‘A Village Romeo and Juliet’ and gave it a rapturous reception. 1976Daily Tel. 21 Aug. 7/4 Mr. Palmer's description of the characteristic ‘Delian experience’ as a ‘soaring ecstasy of yearning wistfulness’ suggests an art of escape from the ideal. 1977Gramophone June 48/1, I only put these comparisons in for the dedicated Delians who will already have the earlier versions. 1984N.Y. Times 4 Nov. ii. 31/3 The cello line in the sonata soars in the Delian manner. |