See also: dryas

Translingual

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Dryas octopetala
 
Dryas julia

Etymology

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Dryas f

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

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɹaɪ.əs/, /ˈdɹaɪ.æs/

Noun

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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

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δρῠᾰ́ς (Druás).

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Noun

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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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    (Can we find and add a quotation of Martial to this entry?)
  2. a druidess
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Aelius Lampridius to this entry?)
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

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

References

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  • Dryʹades”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman 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

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δρύας (Drúas).

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Proper noun

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Dryās m sg (genitive Dryantis); third declension

  1. (Greek 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
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Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Dryās
Genitive Dryantis
Dative Dryantī
Accusative Dryantem
Ablative Dryante
Vocative Dryās
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  • Dryas”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman 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