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From Latin Īdalius (pertaining to Idalium) (ultimately from Koine Greek Ιδάλιον (Idálion)) +‎ -an.

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Idalian (comparative more Idalian, superlative most Idalian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Idalium, an ancient city of Cyprus where Aphrodite was worshipped. [from 16th c.]
    • 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.
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