Adryas

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ᾱ̓δρῠᾰ́ς (Ādruás).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ādryas f sg (genitive Ādryadis or Ādryados); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Hamadryad, mother of the hamadryads (woodnymphs)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Propertius to this entry?)

Declension

Third-declension noun (non-Greek-type or Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Ādryas
Genitive Ādryadis
Ādryados
Dative Ādryadī
Accusative Ādryadem
Ādryada
Ablative Ādryade
Vocative Ādryas

References

  • Adryăs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 54/1.
  • Adryas” on page 53/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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