Dryas

See also: dryas

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Dryas f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – many Alpine plants.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

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English

Noun

Dryas (uncountable)

  1. (geology) Either of two climatic stages of the late glacial period in Northern Europe in which plants of the genus Dryas were abundant

Derived terms

  • Older Dryas
  • Younger Dryas

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δρῠᾰ́ς (Druás).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdry.as/, [ˈdrʏ.as]

Noun

Dryas f (genitive Dryadis); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) a woodnymph, a dryad (a nymph whose life is bound up with that of her tree)
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  2. a druidess
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Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Dryas Dryadēs
Genitive Dryadis Dryadum
Dative Dryadī Dryadibus
Accusative Dryadem Dryadēs
Ablative Dryade Dryadibus
Vocative Dryas Dryadēs

References

  • Dryʹades in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Dryădes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • 2. Dryas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Dryades in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Dry̆ădes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “559/2”
  • 1 Dry̆ăs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “559/2”
  • dryas” on page 575/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δρύας (Drúas).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdry.aːs/, [ˈdrʏ.aːs]

Proper noun

Dryās m (genitive Dryantis); third declension

; (mythology)
  1. the father of Lycurgus and king of Thrace
  2. one of the Lapithae
  3. a companion of Meleager in the Calydonian Hunt, son of Ares and brother of Tereus
Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Dryās
Genitive Dryantis
Dative Dryantī
Accusative Dryantem
Ablative Dryante
Vocative Dryās
  • Dryantīdēs

References

  • Dryas in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • 1. Dryas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • 2 Dry̆ās in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “559/2”
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