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Dircæan, a.|dəˈsiːən|
[f. L. Dircæus, f. Dirce, Gr. Δίρκη name of a fountain in Bœotia.]
Of or belonging to the fountain of Dirce: used of Pindar, called by Horace Dircæus cygnus the Dircæan swan; Pindaric, poetic.
1730Young Merchant iv. ii, O thou Dircaean Swan on high. 1884Q. Rev. July 136 The voice of poet and prophet..blended in a sublime Dircaean strain. 1894Gladstone in 19th Cent. Sept. 318 Air buoyant and copious enough to carry the Dircaean swan. |