ORTYGIAN


Meaning of ORTYGIAN in English

(ˈ)ȯ(r)|tij(ē)ən adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: in sense 1, from Ortygia Delos, smallest island of the Cyclades, south Aegean Sea + English -an; in sense 2, from Ortygia, island near the southeastern coast of Sicily + English -an

1. : of or relating to the Greek island of Delos held in antiquity to be the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis

Ortygian Artemis

2. : of or relating to the Sicilian island of Ortygia on which modern Syracuse is built

beneath the Ortygian shore — P.B.Shelley

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.