mercu'rial, active, sprightly—having the qualities fabled to belong to the god "Mercury."
Mosa'ic, relating to Moses, his writings or his time.
Newto'nian, relating to Sir Isaac Newton and his philosophy.
Pindar'ic, after the style and manner of Pindar—a lyric poet of Greece.
platon'ic, relating to the opinions or the school of Plato,—a philosopher of Greece, in the 4th century B.C.
Pluton'ic, relating to the interior of the earth, or to the Plutonic theory in geology of the formation of certain rocks by fire: from "Pluto"—in classic mythology, the god of the infernal regions.
procrus'tean, relating to or resembling the mode of torture employed by Procrustes—a celebrated highwayman of ancient Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched out or cut off their legs to adapt them to its length.
Prome'thean, relating to Prometheus—a god fabled by the ancient poets to have formed men from clay and to have given them life by means of fire stolen from heaven, at which Jupiter, being angry, sent Mercury to bind him to Mount Caucasus, and place a vulture to prey upon his liver.
Quixot'ic, absolutely romantic, like Don Quixote—described by Cervantes, a Spanish writer of the 16th century.
Satur'nian, distinguished for purity, integrity, and simplicity; golden, happy: from "Saturn"—one of the gods of antiquity whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, was called the golden age.