A.timber-tree, in pl., “χώρη ὑψηλή τε καὶ ἴδῃσι συνηρεφής” Hdt.1.110; “ὄρεα . . ἴδῃσι παντοίῃσι συνηρεφέα” Id.7.111, cf. 4.109,175: in sg., wood, ἐν τῇ ἴδῃ τῇ πλείστῃ in the thick of the wood, Id.4.109; “ἴδαν ἐς πολύδενδρον” Theoc.17.9; ἴδη ναυπηγήσιμος timber for . . , Hdt.5.23: never in Att.: also in late Prose, Philostr. Dial.2, VA3.4(s.v.l.).
II. pr. n., Ἴδη , Ida, i.e. the wooded hill,
1. in the Troad, Il.2.821, etc.: Adv. Ἴδηθεν , from Ida, 4.475; Ἴ . μεδέων ruling from I., 3.276:—Adj. Ἰδαῖος , α, ον (Aeol. Ἴδαος as pr.n., Sapph.Supp.20a.3), “Ζεύς” Il.16.605; “ὄρεα” 8.170, etc.; Ἰ. ῥίζα, a plant, Ruscus Hypoglossum, Dsc.4.44: also Ἰδαία alone,= δάφνη Ἀλεξάνδρεια, ib.145: Ἰ. Δάκτυλοι, prop. 'dwarfs of the forest', Hes.Fr.176, Pherecyd.47 J., Hellanic.89 J., etc.; but Ἰ. δάκτυλος is a name for one of the fingers, PMag.Lond.46.455.
2. in Crete, D.P.502, Paus.5.7.6.
