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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕλας (Húlas).
Pronunciation
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.
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.