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English
Etymology
From Latin Īdalius (“pertaining to Idalium”) (ultimately from Koine Greek Ιδάλιον (Idálion)) + -an.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Idalian (comparative more Idalian, superlative most Idalian)
- Of or pertaining to Idalium, an ancient city of Cyprus where Aphrodite was worshipped.
1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 142:So moves the Goddess to the Idalian groves,
And leads her gold-hair'd family of Loves.