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Idalian, a.|aɪˈdeɪlɪən|
[f. L. Idalius: see -an.]
Of or belonging to the ancient town of Idalium in Cyprus, where Aphrodite was worshipped.
1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe 34 Those debonaire Idalian nimphs and their spangled trappings. 1697Dryden tr. Virgil's æneis i. 955, I mean to plunge the Boy in pleasing Sleep, and, ravish'd, in Idalian Bow'rs to keep. 1799T. Campbell Pleasures of Hope ii. 55 Some cottage-home..With peace embosom'd in Idalian bow'rs! 1832Tennyson Œnone in Poems 60 Idalian Aphroditè oceanborn. 1928J. H. Mozley tr. Statius I. 187 Golden Venus..on her way from the height of Eryx to the Idalian groves. |