δρίος

See also: Δρίος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pedersen compared Old Irish driss (“bramble, thornbush”); however, this is uncertain. The word is often combined with δρῦς (drûs, “wood, oak”), but the formation remains unclear in any case.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /drí.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdri.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðri.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðri.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðri.os/

Noun

δρῐ́ος • (drĭ́os) n (genitive δρῐ́εος); third declension

copse, thicket
Synonym: λόχμη (lókhmē)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δρῐ́ος; τοῦ δρῐ́εος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δρῐ́ος tò drĭ́os	τὼ δρῐ́εε tṑ drĭ́ee	τᾰ̀ δρῐ́εᾰ tằ drĭ́eă
Genitive	τοῦ δρῐ́εος toû drĭ́eos	τοῖν δρῐέοιν toîn drĭéoin	τῶν δρῐέων tôn drĭéōn
Dative	τῷ δρῐ́εῐ̈ tôi drĭ́eĭ̈	τοῖν δρῐέοιν toîn drĭéoin	τοῖς δρῐ́εσῐ / δρῐ́εσῐν toîs drĭ́esĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ δρῐ́ος tò drĭ́os	τὼ δρῐ́εε tṑ drĭ́ee	τᾰ̀ δρῐ́εᾰ tằ drĭ́eă
Vocative	δρῐ́ος drĭ́os	δρῐ́εε drĭ́ee	δρῐ́εᾰ drĭ́eă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

δρῐών (drĭṓn)

“δρίος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
δρίος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
δρίος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN