Δρυάς

See also: Δρύας and δρύας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δρῦς (drûs, “tree”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dry.ás/ → /ðryˈas/ → /ðriˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dry.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dryˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðryˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðryˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðriˈas/

Noun

Δρῠᾰ́ς • (Druás) f (genitive Δρῠᾰ́δος); third declension

1. (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, Pausanias Periegeta, Graeciae Descriptio 8.4.2
   • 110 CE – 180 CE, Pausanias Periegeta, Graeciae Descriptio 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
2. (figuratively) a tree
   • Meth., Res. 2.9.347

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Δρῠᾰ́ς; τῆς Δρῠᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Latin: Dryas

References

• “Δρῠάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Δρυάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Δρυάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette