Δρυάς
See also: Δρύας and δρύας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δρῦς (drûs) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dry.ás/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dryˈas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðryˈas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðryˈas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðriˈas/
Noun
Δρῠᾰ́ς • (Druás) f (genitive Δρῠᾰ́δος); third declension
- (Greek mythology) a woodnymph, a dryad (a nymph whose life is bound up with that of her tree)
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Julius Caesar 9
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Julius Caesar 2.757e
- 110 CE – 180 CE, Pausianas Periegeta, Description of Greece 8.4.2
- 110 CE – 180 CE, Pausianas Periegeta, Description of Greece 39.2
- 100 CE – 200 CE, Longus, Collected Works 2.39.3
- 100 CE – 200 CE, Longus, Collected Works 3.23.1
- Oppian, Cynegetica 1.78
- 350 CE – 450 CE, Nonnus, Dionysiaca 3.70
- Palatine Anthology 6.176.2
- Palatine Anthology 9.823.1
- (figuratively) a tree
- Meth., Res. 2.9.347
Declension
Third declension of ἡ Δρῠᾰ́ς; τῆς Δρῠᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Δρῠᾰ́ς hē Druás | τὼ Δρῠᾰ́δε tṑ Druáde | αἱ Δρῠᾰ́δες hai Druádes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Δρῠᾰ́δος tês Druádos | τοῖν Δρῠᾰ́δοιν toîn Druádoin | τῶν Δρῠᾰ́δων tôn Druádōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Δρῠᾰ́δῐ têi Druádi | τοῖν Δρῠᾰ́δοιν toîn Druádoin | ταῖς Δρῠᾰ́σῐ / Δρῠᾰ́σῐν taîs Druási(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Δρῠᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Druáda | τὼ Δρῠᾰ́δε tṑ Druáde | τᾱ̀ς Δρῠᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s Druádas | ||||||||||
Vocative | Δρῠᾰ́ς Druás | Δρῠᾰ́δε Druáde | Δρῠᾰ́δες Druádes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: Dryas
References
- Δρῠάς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Δρυάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- Δρυάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette