δρῦς
See also: δρυς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From oblique case forms with *drew-, a stem of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) (whence also δόρυ (dóru)). Cognates include Albanian dru (“tree”), Sanskrit दारु (dā́ru), Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎽𐎢𐎺 (d-a-ru-u-v /dāruv/) (whence Persian دار (dâr)), and Old English trēow (whence English tree).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /drŷːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /drys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðrys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðrys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðris/
Noun
δρῦς • (drûs) f (genitive δρῠός); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δρῦς hē drûs |
τὼ δρῠ́ε tṑ drŭ́e |
αἱ δρῠ́ες hai drŭ́es | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δρῠός tês drŭós |
τοῖν δρῠοῖν toîn drŭoîn |
τῶν δρῠῶν tôn drŭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δρῠῐ̈́ tēî drŭĭ̈́ |
τοῖν δρῠοῖν toîn drŭoîn |
ταῖς δρῠσῐ́ / δρῠσῐ́ν taîs drŭsĭ́(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δρῦν tḕn drûn |
τὼ δρῠ́ε tṑ drŭ́e |
τᾱ̀ς δρῦς / δρῠ́ᾰς tā̀s drûs / drŭ́ăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δρῦ drû |
δρῠ́ε drŭ́e |
δρῠ́ες drŭ́es | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Δρυάς (Druás)
- δρύϊνος (drúïnos)
- δρῠοκολᾰ́πτης (drŭokolắptēs)
- δρυοπτερίς (druopterís)
- δρῠπεπής (drŭpepḗs)
- χαμαίδρυς (khamaídrus)
Related terms
- δόρυ (dóru)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δρῠς, -υός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 356-7
Further reading
- “δρῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δρῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δρῦς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δρῦς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δρῦς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δρῦς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “δρῦς”, in Valerius Harpocration (edition, 1853) Wilhelm Dindorf, editor, Harpocrationis Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos, Oxford: Wilhelm Dindorf
- “δρῦς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- oak idem, page 564.