Dryas

Borrowed from Latin Dryas and Ancient Greek Δρῠᾰ́ς (Drŭắs, “dryad, woodnymph”). Further from δρῦς (drûs, “tree”) and Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”).

Dryas f

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

• (genus in Rosaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rosaceae – family; Dryadoideae – subfamily; Dryadeae – tribe
• (genus in Nymphalidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Ditrysia – division; Cossina – section; Bombycina – subsection; Papilionoidea – superfamily; Papilioniformes – series; Nymphalidae – family; Heliconiinae – subfamily; Heliconiini – tribe

• (genus in Rosaceae): Dryas octopetala – type species
• (genus in Nymphalidae): Dryas julia – sole species

• Dryas (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dryas (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dryas (Rosaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dryas (Nymphalidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dryas (Rosaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Dryas (Nymphalidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Dryas at USDA Plants database

Named after the wildflower Dryas octopetala, fossils of which dated to approximately the Younger Dryas period are common in parts of Europe. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹaɪ.əs/, /ˈdɹaɪ.æs/

Dryas (uncountable)

1. (geology) Either of two climatic stages of the late glacial period in Northern Europe in which plants of the genus were abundant

• Older Dryas
• Younger Dryas

• Drays, Dyars, Radys, drays, yards

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δρῠᾰ́ς (Drŭắs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdry.as]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪riː.as]

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)
   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 9.61.14:

     Saepe sub hac latuit rustica fronde Dryas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Propertius to this entry?)

2. a druidess

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Aelius Lampridius to this entry?)

Third-declension noun.

• “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)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δρύας (Drúas).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdry.aːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪riː.as]

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

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Dryantīdēs

• “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”