Ἁμαδρυάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ha.maː.dry.ás/ → /a.ma.ðryˈas/ → /a.ma.ðriˈas/

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

Proper noun

Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́ς • (Hamādruás) f (genitive Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) the wife and sister of Drilo, and the mother of the hamadryads
   • 350 CE – 450 CE, Nonnus, Dionysiaca 2.98

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́ς; τῆς Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́ς hē Hamādruás
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δος tês Hamādruádos
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δῐ têi Hamādruádi
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Hamādruáda
Vocative	Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́ς Hamādruás
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.

Noun

Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́ς • (Hamādruás) f (genitive Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) a woodnymph, a hamadryad
   • Palatine Anthology 11.194
   • 350 CE – 450 CE, Nonnus, Dionysiaca 12.231
   • 350 CE – 450 CE, Nonnus, Dionysiaca 44.88
   • Apollodorus 2.1.5
   • Ou., Met. 1.690
   • Prop. 1.20.32
   • 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 2.477
2. Synonym of βάλανος (bálanos, “oak-tree”)
   • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́ς; τῆς Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́ς hē Hamādruás	τὼ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δε tṑ Hamādruáde	αἱ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δες hai Hamādruádes
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δος tês Hamādruádos	τοῖν Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δοιν toîn Hamādruádoin	τῶν Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δων tôn Hamādruádōn
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δῐ têi Hamādruádi	τοῖν Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δοιν toîn Hamādruádoin	ταῖς Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́σῐν / Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δεσσῐν taîs Hamādruásin / Hamādruádessin
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Hamādruáda	τὼ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δε tṑ Hamādruáde	τᾱ̀ς Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s Hamādruádas
Vocative	Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́ς Hamādruás	Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δε Hamādruáde	Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δες Hamādruádes
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: Hamādryas

References

• ἁμαδρυάδες· in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Ἁμᾱδρῠάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)