Hylas

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕλας (Húlas).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhy.laːs/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.las/,

Proper noun

Hylās m sg (genitive Hylae); first declension

(Greek mythology) A young companion of Heracles, abducted by the nymphs
A river of Bithynia
A river in Cappadocia

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Hylās
genitive	Hylae
dative	Hylae
accusative	Hylān
ablative	Hylā
vocative	Hylā

References

“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.

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