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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ᾱ̓δρῠᾰ́ς (Ādrŭắs).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ādryas f sg (genitive Ādryadis or Ādryados); third declension
- (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.
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)