a. Diana. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. Diana. ] (Myth.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess
And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Diana monkey (Zool.),
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr.
a. Diandrous. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. diandre. ] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the class Diandria; having two stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. L. Diana; either as the name of the Roman goddess, or from its use in OE. as a name of silver. ] (Chem.) Same as Columbium. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;;
I would employ . . . dianoetic to denote the operation of the discursive, elaborative, or comparative faculty. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; thought + -logy. ] The science of the dianoetic faculties, and their operations. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, gen. &unr_;, Zeus +