[ˈdry.as], [ˈdriː.as]
OriginBorrowed from Ancient Greek Δρῠᾰ́ς (Drŭắs).
- Greek, declension-3, femininea woodnymph, a dryad (a nymph whose life is bound up with that of her tree)
“Saepe sub hac latuit rustica fronde Dryas.” — (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- declension-3, femininea druidess
- Greek, declension-3the father of Lycurgus and king of Thrace
- Greek, declension-3one of the Lapithae
- Greek, declension-3a companion of Meleager in the Calydonian Hunt, son of Ares and brother of Tereus
FormsDryadis(genitive) · Dryas(nominative, singular) · Dryadēs(nominative, plural) · Dryadis(genitive, singular) · Dryadum(genitive, plural) · Dryadī(dative, singular) · Dryadibus(dative, plural) · Dryadem(accusative, singular) · Dryadēs(accusative, plural) · Dryade(ablative, singular) · Dryadibus(ablative, plural) · Dryas(singular, vocative) · Dryadēs(plural, vocative) · Dryās(canonical, masculine, singular) · Dryantis(genitive) · Dryās(nominative, singular) · Dryantis(genitive, singular) · Dryantī(dative, singular) · Dryantem(accusative, singular) · Dryante(ablative, singular)
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