Adryas

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ᾱ̓δρῠᾰ́ς (Ādrŭắs).

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.

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)