Hylas

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕλας (Húlas).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhy.ɫaːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.las]

Hylās m sg (genitive Hylae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) A young companion of Heracles, abducted by the nymphs
2. A river of Bithynia
3. a river in Cappadocia

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

• “Hylas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hylas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.