LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininefirst declension

Īda

Īda f sg (genitive Īdae)
Classical[ˈiː.da]Ecclesiastical[ˈiː.da]

Meaning

  1. A mountain of Crete, where Jupiter was hidden by his mother
  2. A mountain situated near Troy

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeĪda—
genitiveĪdae—
dativeĪdae—
accusativeĪdam—
ablativeĪdā—
vocativeĪda—

Īda, ae, or Īdē, ēs, f., = Ἴδα or Ἴδη.
I. A high mountain in Crete, where the infant Jupiter was hid, watched over by the Curetes, and fed by Amalthea; now Psiloriti, Verg. A. 12, 412; Ov. M. 4, 293; id. Am. 3, 10, 25; id. F. 4, 207; 5, 115 al.; in Prop. 3, 1, 27, this mountain and no. II. are confounded.—
B. Deriv.: īdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ida, Idean: mons, i. e. Ida, Verg. A. 3, 105; Mel. 2, 7, 12: antra, Ov. M. 4, 289: Juppiter, Verg. A. 7, 139: Dactyli, Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 170; the same, Digiti, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42: bustum, raised by the Cretans to Jupiter, Mart. 9, 35, 1.—
II. A high mountain in Phrygia, near Troy, still called Ida, Mel. 1, 18, 2; Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 122; Verg. A. 2, 801; 10, 158; Ov. F. 4, 79; id. M. 10, 71; and 12, 521 (Ide) et saep.—
B. Deriv. īdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mount lda, Idean; poet. also for Phrygian or Trojan: silva, Verg. A. 2, 696: pices, id. G. 3, 450: vertices, Prop. 2, 2, 14; Ov. M. 14, 535: parens deum, i. e. Cybele, who was worshipped on Mount Ida (acc. to others this belongs to Mount Ida of Crete), Verg. A. 10, 252; Ov. F. 4, 182: Sollemne, i. e. in honor of Cybele, Juv. 11, 194: chori, Verg. A. 9, 112: judex, i. e Paris, Ov. F. 6, 44: pastor, Cic. Att. 1, 18, 4: hospes, Ov. H. 16, 303: hospes numinis Idaei, i. e. Scipio Nasica, Juv. 3, 138: cinaedus, Ganymede as stolen away from Ida, Mart. 10, 98, 2: urbes, Phrygian, Verg. A. 7, 207: naves, i. e. Trojan, Hor. C. 1, 15, 2: sanguis, i. e. of Romans descended from the Trojans, Sil. 1, 126. —Confounded with Idaeus, I. B.: Idaeum Simoënta Jovis cum prole Scamandro, Prop 3 (4), 1, 27.—
III. A Trojan female, Verg. A. 9, 177.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἴδη (Ídē).

Descendants
  • EnglishIda
  • FrenchIda
  • FrenchIde

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyIdaIda, IDAEUS MONS (ἡ Ἴδη, Eth. Ἰδαῖος, Ida), a range of mountains of Phrygia, belonging to the system of Mount Taurus. It traverses western Mysia in ma…GeographyIdaIda (Ἴδη, Ptol. 3.17.9; Pomp. Mela, 2.7.12; Plin. Nat. 4.12, 16.33; Verg. A. 3.105; Solin. ii.; Avien. 676; Prisc. 528), the central and loftiest poin…

Quick answers

What does Īda mean in Latin?
Īda, a proper noun, means “A mountain of Crete, where Jupiter was hidden by his mother; A mountain situated near Troy”.
What is the genitive of Īda?
The genitive singular is Īdae. Īda is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce Īda?
In classical Latin, [ˈiː.da]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈiː.da].