Ἁμαδρυάς

Ancient Greek

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

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

Third declension of ἡ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́ς; τῆς Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́ς hē Hămādrŭắs
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δος tês Hămādrŭắdos
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δῐ tēî Hămādrŭắdĭ
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Hămādrŭắdă
Vocative	Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́ς Hămādrŭắs
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.

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

(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
synonym of βάλανος (bálanos, “oak-tree”)
- 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Third declension of ἡ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́ς; τῆς Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́ς hē Hămādrŭắs	τὼ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δε tṑ Hămādrŭắde	αἱ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δες hai Hămādrŭắdes
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δος tês Hămādrŭắdos	τοῖν Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δοιν toîn Hămādrŭắdoin	τῶν Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δων tôn Hămādrŭắdōn
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δῐ tēî Hămādrŭắdĭ	τοῖν Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δοιν toîn Hămādrŭắdoin	ταῖς Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́σῐν / Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δεσσῐν taîs Hămādrŭắsĭn / Hămādrŭắdessĭn
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Hămādrŭắdă	τὼ Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δε tṑ Hămādrŭắde	τᾱ̀ς Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s Hămādrŭắdăs
Vocative	Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́ς Hămādrŭắs	Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δε Hămādrŭắde	Ᾰ̔μᾱδρῠᾰ́δες Hămādrŭắdes
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.