Idaean

English

Alternative forms

• Idean

Etymology

From Latin Idaeus (and its source, Ancient Greek Ἰδαῖος (Idaîos)) +‎ -an.

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. [from 16th c.]
   • 1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 1.XXVI:

     Where Ellen's hand had taught to twine / The ivy and Idaean vine […] .

Anagrams

• naaied, adenia, -adenia